Gents, ladies: while I'm chuck-chucking my way across the Swiss Alps, I was thinking who the first Japanese female pilot might have been. Searches only produced, well, this lady (1932) who ain't Japanese but ain't FG either. Strrrrrange!
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by Dhee » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:07 pm
...Flyers. (Got your attention, eh?)
Gents, ladies: while I'm chuck-chucking my way across the Swiss Alps, I was thinking who the first Japanese female pilot might have been. Searches only produced, well, this lady (1932) who ain't Japanese but ain't FG either. Strrrrrange!
Gents, ladies: while I'm chuck-chucking my way across the Swiss Alps, I was thinking who the first Japanese female pilot might have been. Searches only produced, well, this lady (1932) who ain't Japanese but ain't FG either. Strrrrrange!
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by Dhee » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:33 pm
Mulboyne wrote:The first to get her licence was Tadashi Hyodo, apparently, in 1922.
Splendid, Mulboyne m'boy - it was indeed in 1922: "The first woman flier in Japan, Tadashi Hyodo, worked 2 years to get her license in the male-dominated Japaneses society." So she was one year ahead of Amelia, and one year behind Bessie Coleman, "...The first licensed black woman pilot in the world had been rejected by American flight schools because of her race and Coleman had been forced to go to France to obtain her license. "
And just because we don't want to forget the unforgettable Brits ]Lady Heath[/b], equipped with a Bible; a shotgun; tennis rackets; six tea gowns and a fur coat, made the first solo flight from the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo:
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