The Very First Pilot License

The First Licensed Woman Pilot – Raymonde de Laroche.
109 years ago she defied all odds and became the first licensed pilot ever. 

When she became an actress, she started meeting various aviators and became very fascinated by aviation.  The demonstration flights in Paris by the Wright brothers in 1908 also had a lot of influence.

She approached Charles Voisin, a pilot, and an airplane builder, and asked him to teach her how to fly. Raymonde de Laroche began her journey of becoming an aircraft pilot.

Her First Flights
She started her flight training in October of 1909, in Chalons, some 140 kilometers east of Paris.

Because the Voisin‘s aircraft could seat only one person, Raymonde learned the controls while she was on the ground.  She showed excellent progress and after she successfully taxied the aircraft around the airfield, she took off for her first flight.  Thus she became the first woman to pilot an aircraft October 22nd, 1909.

The following day she returned to the airfield and completed another flight. This time it was a much longer flight, measuring 6 kilometers.

The French Aero-Club officially issued her on March 8th, 1910, an F.A.I. approved pilots license "No. 36 to Raymonde de Laroche". She became the first woman with an official pilots license.  Read more about her life as a pilot - and how it ended...
https://www.aviationcv.com/aviation-blog/2019/raymonde-de-laroche-first-licensed-pilot

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