Mrs Victor Bruce (1895–1990), born Mildred Mary but most famous by her married name; first woman to fly around the world alone and the first to be prosecuted for speeding[11][12]
Millicent Bryant (1878–1927), first woman to earn a pilot's licence in Australia
Lotfia Elnadi (1907–2002), the first African woman, first Arab woman, and first Egyptian woman to earn her pilot’s license in 1933.
Ruth Elder (1902–1977), pilot and actress known as the "Miss America of Aviation"[26]
Mary Ellis (1917–2018), one of the last surviving British women pilots from World War II
F
Rosina Ferrario (1888–1957), first Italian woman to receive a pilot's licence, in January 1913
Amalia Celia Figueredo (1895–1985), Argentine aviator; first woman in Argentina, and possibly Latin America, to obtain a pilot's license in 1914 with Paul Castaibert
Kathleen Fox (born 1951), Canadian flight instructor, air traffic controller and business executive
Mathilde Franck (1866–1956), early French aviator; learned to fly in 1910
Patricia Graham (1928–2016), Australian aviator, founding member of the Australian Women Pilots' Association in 1950
Valentina Grizodubova (1909–1993), long distance flyer and wartime hero; the most decorated woman in the Soviet Union[29]
Julie Ann Gibson (born 1956), Flight Lieutenant Julie Ann Gibson was the first full-time female pilot for the Royal Air Force when she graduated in 1991
Elinor Smith (1911–2010), "Flying Flapper of Freeport" who was, at age sixteen, the youngest licensed pilot in the world[57][58]
Eula Pearl Carter Scott (1915–2005), of Chickasaw Nation became the youngest pilot to solo in the U.S., at 13 in her Curtiss Robin OX-5 on September 12, 1929.
Winifred Spooner (1900–1933), British aviator; most outstanding female aviator of 1929
Katherine Stinson (1891–1977), "Flying Schoolgirl" who was the first woman to loop the loop; sister of Marjorie Stinson[62]
Marjorie Stinson (1895–1975), American exhibition pilot and instructor and the first female airmail pilot in the United States; sister of Katherine Stinson[63]
Marina Știrbei (1912–2001), Romanian aviator who founded the women's White Squadron in World War II
Antonie Strassmann (1901–1952), German an aerobatic aviator (emigrated to the US in 1932), who flew a Zeppelin from Germany to Pernambuco, Brazil in 1932. She performed aerobatic flights, including at the 1930 National Air Races in Chicago, represented and consulted with aviation companies, and gave interviews to the press.[64]
Nancy Bird Walton (1915–2009), pioneering Australian aviator who founded the Australian Women Pilots' Association
Zheng Wang (Julie Wang, Wang Zheng, 王争) (born 1972), first Asian woman to circumnavigate Earth in an airplane, first Chinese person to fly solo around-the-world; first Chinese female pilot to fly around the world[73][74][75]
Emily Howell Warner (1939–2020), first woman captain of a scheduled US airline
Jo Claire Welch (1939-2018) Believed to be the first US woman hired as a commercial co-pilot, beginning 1969, for domestic commuter airline, Air East, with a flight from Houston to Austin
^Randal Fulkerson (2003), "Barnes, Florence "Pancho" Lowe", Encyclopedia of Women in the American West, SAGE Publications, pp. 26–27,
ISBN9781452265261
^Strassmann, W. Paul (2008). The Strassmanns : science, politics, and migration in turbulent times, 1793–1993 (English language ed.). New York: Berghahn Books.
ISBN9781845454166.
OCLC145396526.
^Sakaida, Henry (2003). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 9781780966922.
^Janann Sherman (2004), "Thaden, Louise", Notable American Women, vol. 5, Harvard University Press, pp. 633–634,
ISBN9780674014886
Mrs Victor Bruce (1895–1990), born Mildred Mary but most famous by her married name; first woman to fly around the world alone and the first to be prosecuted for speeding[11][12]
Millicent Bryant (1878–1927), first woman to earn a pilot's licence in Australia
Lotfia Elnadi (1907–2002), the first African woman, first Arab woman, and first Egyptian woman to earn her pilot’s license in 1933.
Ruth Elder (1902–1977), pilot and actress known as the "Miss America of Aviation"[26]
Mary Ellis (1917–2018), one of the last surviving British women pilots from World War II
F
Rosina Ferrario (1888–1957), first Italian woman to receive a pilot's licence, in January 1913
Amalia Celia Figueredo (1895–1985), Argentine aviator; first woman in Argentina, and possibly Latin America, to obtain a pilot's license in 1914 with Paul Castaibert
Kathleen Fox (born 1951), Canadian flight instructor, air traffic controller and business executive
Mathilde Franck (1866–1956), early French aviator; learned to fly in 1910
Patricia Graham (1928–2016), Australian aviator, founding member of the Australian Women Pilots' Association in 1950
Valentina Grizodubova (1909–1993), long distance flyer and wartime hero; the most decorated woman in the Soviet Union[29]
Julie Ann Gibson (born 1956), Flight Lieutenant Julie Ann Gibson was the first full-time female pilot for the Royal Air Force when she graduated in 1991
Elinor Smith (1911–2010), "Flying Flapper of Freeport" who was, at age sixteen, the youngest licensed pilot in the world[57][58]
Eula Pearl Carter Scott (1915–2005), of Chickasaw Nation became the youngest pilot to solo in the U.S., at 13 in her Curtiss Robin OX-5 on September 12, 1929.
Winifred Spooner (1900–1933), British aviator; most outstanding female aviator of 1929
Katherine Stinson (1891–1977), "Flying Schoolgirl" who was the first woman to loop the loop; sister of Marjorie Stinson[62]
Marjorie Stinson (1895–1975), American exhibition pilot and instructor and the first female airmail pilot in the United States; sister of Katherine Stinson[63]
Marina Știrbei (1912–2001), Romanian aviator who founded the women's White Squadron in World War II
Antonie Strassmann (1901–1952), German an aerobatic aviator (emigrated to the US in 1932), who flew a Zeppelin from Germany to Pernambuco, Brazil in 1932. She performed aerobatic flights, including at the 1930 National Air Races in Chicago, represented and consulted with aviation companies, and gave interviews to the press.[64]
Nancy Bird Walton (1915–2009), pioneering Australian aviator who founded the Australian Women Pilots' Association
Zheng Wang (Julie Wang, Wang Zheng, 王争) (born 1972), first Asian woman to circumnavigate Earth in an airplane, first Chinese person to fly solo around-the-world; first Chinese female pilot to fly around the world[73][74][75]
Emily Howell Warner (1939–2020), first woman captain of a scheduled US airline
Jo Claire Welch (1939-2018) Believed to be the first US woman hired as a commercial co-pilot, beginning 1969, for domestic commuter airline, Air East, with a flight from Houston to Austin
^Randal Fulkerson (2003), "Barnes, Florence "Pancho" Lowe", Encyclopedia of Women in the American West, SAGE Publications, pp. 26–27,
ISBN9781452265261
^Strassmann, W. Paul (2008). The Strassmanns : science, politics, and migration in turbulent times, 1793–1993 (English language ed.). New York: Berghahn Books.
ISBN9781845454166.
OCLC145396526.
^Sakaida, Henry (2003). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 9781780966922.
^Janann Sherman (2004), "Thaden, Louise", Notable American Women, vol. 5, Harvard University Press, pp. 633–634,
ISBN9780674014886