TIMELINE | Women aviators

TIMELINE | Women aviators
YEARAVIATORACCOMPLISHMENT
1911Harriet Quimby First licensed woman pilot in the United States.
1912Harriet Quimby First woman to fly solo across the English Channel.
1913 Ruth Law Bancroft First woman to fly at night.
1915 Katherine Stinson First woman to fly a loop.
1917 Katherine StinsonSet flight endurance record of 9 hours 10 minutes.
1918 Katherine Stinson First woman authorized to carry U.S. mail. (Her brotherlater founded Stinson Aircraft Co.)
1918 Anna Low First Chinese-American woman aviator.
1921 Bessie Coleman First black-American pilot. She earned an international pilot's license in France after failing to find anyone in United States who would teach a black woman to fly.
1924 Ruth Nichols First woman to earn an international hydroplane license.
1929 Elinor Smith Set solo flight endurance record of 13 hours 16 minutes.
1929 Ninety-nines First women aviators' club.
1930Florence Klingensmith Set record for performing 143 consecutive loops.
1931:Anne Morrow Lindbergh First woman to earn a glider pilot's license.
1932 Olive Beech Helped found Beech Aircraft Corp.
1932 Kathryn Cheung First Chinese-American woman with U.S. pilot's license.
1932 Amelia Earhart First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
1932 Ruth Nichols First woman hired as a pilot for commercial passenger flights.
1935 Amelia Earhart Flew solo across the Pacific from Hawaii to California, the first flight to employ two-way radio communication.
1936 Louise Thaden, pilot, & amp;First women to win the Bendix TranscontinentalBlanche Noyes, co-pilot Air Race.
1937 Willa Brown First black woman to earn a commercial pilot's license.
1937 Amelia Earhart Lost along with her navigator and Lockheed Electra aircraft in an attempt to fly around the world.
1938 Hanna Reitsch First woman to pilot a helicopter. She was a German WWII test pilot.
1943 Women Airforce Service First time U.S. women pilots train men pilots for combat Pilots (WASP)and ferry planes across the Atlantic for use in combat.
1944 Ann Baumgartner First U.S. woman to fly an experimental jet; she reached speeds up to 350 mph and an altitude of 35,000 feet.
1947 Ann Shaw Carter First U.S. woman to earn a helicopter pilot's license.
1953 Jacqueline Cochran First woman to break the sound barrier.
1955 Whirley Girls Women helicopter pilots form their own association.
1960 Jerrie Cobb First woman to undergo testing developed for selection of astronauts.
1961Jacqueline Cochran Established a new altitude record for the T-38 aircraft, 56,071 feet.
1964 Jerrie Mock First woman to fly solo around the world.
1973 Emily Howell First woman to fly 737 jets for a regularly scheduled airline.
1984 Betsy Carroll First woman to fly a jumbo jet across the Atlantic for a commercial airline.
1990 Jean K. Tinsley First woman to pilot a tilt rotor aircraft.
1995 Eileen M. Collins First woman to fly a U.S. space shuttle.
1999Eileen M. Collins First woman commander of a U.S. space shuttle.
Sources: World Book Inc.; About.com -- Women in Aviation