VIDEO: Hanna Reitsch, The First Woman Astronaut and Test Pilot, Part One
Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912 - 24 August 1979) was a German aviatrix who was once Adolf Hitler’s personal pilot, and was the only woman awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the Luftwaffe Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds during World War II.
For more information, see: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Reitsch
Flying Corporate: Wisdom from a Pro
Katha’s 23 years as a corporate pilot began at a time when few women flew for pay, muchless paid corporate flying.
Major Nicole Malachowski and Major Samantha Weeks
Woman Pilots in the Tunderbirds
Air Tanker Pilot
It’s not just cross wind landings anymore,” Lynn Mc Grew, first female air tanker pilot for the California Department of Forestry (CDF), tells us. “It’s getting in over the fire and maneuvering the airplane to drop the retardant exactly where they need it.
Louise Thaden: Women in Aviation in the 1930s
“Thaden was determined to change the public’s perception of women pilots”
Harmon Trophy winner, Louise Thaden, was one of the courageous aviators who helped create the “Golden Age of Aviation.”
The 1930s was an age when records were made and broken, sometimes within weeks. Thaden set the first official woman’s altitude record of 20,260 feet on December […]
Stephanie Wells - NASA Pilot and Training Officer
Stephanie Wells, NASA pilot and training officer for NASA’s Aircraft Operations, in charge of the astronaut’s flying training at NASA
Profiling Women Involved In Aviation
By Woman Pilot staff writer
Major Nicole M. E. Malachowski, the first female demonstration pilot on the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds”, performed her first public performance with the team in March 2006. Major Malachowski flies the No. 3 jet as the right wing pilot in the diamond formation.
As a member of the Thunderbirds, […]
Angie Korzinski
Canadian artist Cher Hogan captures Angie Korzinski working on a Beech 18 in her painting “Personal Touch”
Shuttle flight STS-98 - Marsha Ivins’ fifth trip into space
Shuttle flight STS-98 rose from the Kennedy Space Center into space on February 7, 2001 at 6:13:02 PM in one of the most spectacular launches ever with a crew of five including Marsha Ivins.
Kitchen in the Sky
Not so long ago, some believed that women should stay in their kitchens. But little did they know what these kitchens would become!