Women in Aviation History of Flight First Flights

Women in Aviation History of Flight

First Flights 1903 First Powered Flight

v 1903 – Orville and Wilber Wright first powered flight at Kitty Hawk NC

1903 First Powered Flight 1908 First woman to fly an airplane solo

Women’s Firsts v 1908 - Madame Therese Peltier is the first woman to fly an airplane solo

1903 First Powered Flight 1908 First woman to fly an airplane solo 1910 First woman license

v 1910 - Baroness Raymonde de Laroche obtains a license from the Aero Club of France, the first woman licensed in the world v 1910 - Blanche Stuart Scott, the first American woman to pilot an airplane

1903 First Powered Flight 1908 First woman to fly an airplane solo 1910 First woman license 1911 First American woman license

v 1911 - August 11 - Harriet Quimby becomes the first American woman licensed pilot

1903 First Powered Flight 1908 First woman to fly an airplane solo 1910 First woman license 1911 First American woman license 1921 First African. American woman pilot

v 1921 - Bessie Coleman becomes the first African American, male or female, to earn a pilot's license v First American of either gender to hold an international pilot’s license

1928 First woman to fly across The Atlantic

v 1928 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the Atlantic -Lou Gordon and Wilmer Stultz did most of the flying

1928 First woman to fly across The Atlantic 1929 The 99 s Woman Pilots’ Organization

Ninety-Nine, Inc. v 1929 – One Hundred-Twenty Seven Female pilots invited to join an all women’s pilot organization. Ninety-nine women responded and they called their organization The Ninety-Nines. v First President : Amelia Earhart

Ninety-Nine, Inc. v Today – 5, 500 members in 35 countries v Airline captains, astronauts, any woman that likes to fly v Career support v Scholarships available v Friendships

1928 First woman to fly across The Atlantic 1929 The 99 s Woman Pilots’ Organization 1932 First woman to solo across the Atlantic

v 1932 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

1928 First woman to fly across The Atlantic 1929 The 99 s Woman Pilots’ Organization 1932 First woman to solo across the Atlantic 1937 First woman Attempt to solo around the world

v 1937 – May - Amelia Earhart begins her solo flight around the world v 1937 - July 2 - Amelia Earhart lost over Pacific

1928 First woman to fly across The Atlantic 1929 The 99 s Woman Pilots’ Organization 1932 First woman to solo across the Atlantic 1937 First woman Attempt to solo around the world 1942 WAFS WASP formed

v 1942 - Nancy Harkness Love and Jackie Cochran organize women flying units and training detachment

v 1943 - Love's and Cochran's units are merged into the Women Airforce Service Pilots and Jackie Cochran becomes the Director of Women Pilots -- WASPs flew more than 60 million miles before the program ended in December 1944, with only 38 lives lost of 1830 volunteers and 1074 graduates -- these pilots were seen as civilians and were only recognized as military personnel in 1977

1964 First woman pilot to fly around the world

v 1953 - Jacqueline (Jackie) Cochran becomes first woman to break the sound barrier v 1964 - March 19 Geraldine (Jerrie) Mock is the first woman to pilot a plane around the world

1964 First woman pilot to fly around the world 1974 First woman pilot in the U. S. Army v 1974 - Sally Murphy is the first woman to qualify as an aviator with the U. S. Army flying a helicopter

v Jan. 27, 1978: The eighth Astronaut Candidates Class is the first to include women: Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Judith Resnik, Sally Ride, Rhea Seddon, and Kathryn Sullivan. 1964 First woman pilot to fly around the world 1974 First woman pilot in the U. S. Army 1978 First woman Astronaut Candidate Class 1983 First woman in Space v June 18 -24, 1983: Shuttle astronaut Sally K. Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

v 1995 - Beverly Burns becomes the first woman to captain a 747 cross country, and Lynn Rippelmeyer becomes the first woman to captain a 747 across the Atlantic 1964 First woman pilot to fly around the world 1974 First woman pilot in the U. S. Army 1978 First woman Astronaut Candidate Class 1983 First woman in Space 1995 First woman captain

v 2001 - Polly Vacher becomes the first woman to fly around the world in a small plane - she flies from England to England on a route that includes Australia

Part of an Airplane

Instruments Attitude Indicator Altimeter Turn Coordinator Heading Indicator Airspeed Indicator Vertical Speed Indicator

Attitude Indicator v. Displays an aircrafts pitch and bank with a gyro stabilized bar which remains parallel to the horizon.

Turn Coordinator v. Detects motion about the roll and yaw axes of an aircraft by utilizing the property of gyroscopic precession.

Heading Indicator v. A gyro that gives a more stable indication of an aircrafts heading than a magnetic compass.

Airspeed Indicator v A pressure gauge that is calibrated to convert the difference between impact (or ram) air pressure due to an aircrafts motion and the local static air pressure into a reading of velocity thought the air mass.

Altimeter v. Tells your altitude by measuring air pressure.

Vertical Speed Indicator v. Measures the rate of change of air pressure as the plane climbs or descends.

Four Forces Lift Drag Thrust Weight

Airfoil - Lift

Propeller - Thrust

Control Surfaces

Directional Control

Take Off v. Ailerons - (Roll) v. Elevators – (Pitch) v. Rudders – (Yaw)

Straight Flight v. Ailerons - (Roll) v. Elevators – (Pitch) v. Rudders – (Yaw)

Banking v. Ailerons - (Roll) v. Elevators – (Pitch) v. Rudders – (Yaw)

Landing v. Ailerons - (Roll) v. Elevators – (Pitch) v. Rudders – (Yaw)