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  2. Sheila Scott - Wikipedia

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    Aviator. Sheila Christine Scott OBE (née Hopkins; 27 April 1922 – 20 October 1988) was an English aviator who broke over 100 aviation records through her long-distance flight endeavours, which included a 34,000-mile (55,000 km) "world and a half" flight in 1971. On this flight, she became the first person to fly over the North Pole in a ...

  3. Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame - Wikipedia

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    Blanche Stuart Scott (1885-1970) 2002 Sheila Scott (1922-1988) 2014 Dawn Seymour (1917-2017) 2009 Mary Frances Silitch: 2013 Betty Skelton Frankman (1926-2011) 1997 Elinor Smith (1911-2010) 2001 Jacqueline L. Smith: 1998 Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951- 2010 Merryl Tengesdal (1971– 2023 Louise McPhetridge Thaden (1905-1979) 2000 Carol Timmons: 2021

  4. Piper PA-24 Comanche - Wikipedia

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    The Piper PA-24 Comanche is an American single-engine, low-wing, all-metal monoplane of semimonocoque construction with tricycle retractable landing gear and four or six seats. [2] The Comanche was designed and built by Piper Aircraft and first flew on May 24, 1956. Together with the PA-30 and PA-39 Twin Comanches, it made up the core of Piper ...

  5. National Museum of Flight - Wikipedia

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    www .nms .ac .uk /national-museum-of-flight. The National Museum of Flight is Scotland's national aviation museum, at East Fortune Airfield, just south of the village of East Fortune, Scotland. It is one of the museums within National Museums Scotland. The museum is housed in the original wartime buildings of RAF East Fortune which is a well ...

  6. List of women aviators - Wikipedia

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    A. Amen Aamir, first women from Gilgit-Baltistan to qualify as a pilot. Aida de Acosta (1884–1962), first woman to fly a powered aircraft alone [1] Margaret Adams, Australian aviator; first president of the Australian Women's Flying Club, in 1938. Leman Altınçekiç (1932–2001), first female accredited jet pilot (1958) in Turkey and NATO.

  7. Blanche Stuart Scott - Wikipedia

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    Blanche Stuart Scott (April 8, 1884 – January 12, 1970), also known as Betty Scott, was possibly the first American woman aviator.For her automobile journey across the United States she won the attention and admiration of pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss who gave her flying lessons at the Curtiss flying school, in Hammondsport, New York, America's first flying school.

  8. Portal:Aviation/Anniversaries/October 20 - Wikipedia

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    1988 – Sheila Scott, English aviatrix died (b. 1922). Scott broke over 100 aviation records through her long distance flight endeavours, which included a 34,000 mile (54,400 km) “world and a half” flight 1971 on which she became the first person to fly over the North Pole in a small aircraft.

  9. Scott O'Grady - Wikipedia

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    Scott Francis O'Grady (born October 12, 1965) is a former United States Air Force fighter pilot. On June 2, 1995, he was shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina by a 2K12 Kub (NATO designation SA-6 "Gainful") mobile SAM launcher and forced to eject from his F-16C into hostile territory. US Marines from heavy-helicopter squadron HMH-464 and the 24 ...

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