Pilot Profile: Katherine Stinson

A Pioneering American Aviator As one of America's Early aviators, Katherine Stinson set numerous flying records, including ones for distance, endurance, and aerobatic maneuvers. In July 1912, she became the fourth woman in the United States to obtain a pilot’s certificate. Katherine Stinson was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on February 14, 1891. It would be twelve [...]

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Ruth Law Oliver: An American Aviatrix

Ruth Law Oliver, who was featured in our Women in Aviation History post earlier this month, passed away 46 years ago on December 1, 1970 in San Francisco. She was 83 years old. Image: PD-US A Brief Biography She was born on May 21, 1887 in Massachusetts. Ruth was a pioneering aviatrix in her [...]

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