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On Sep 9, he made the first hour-long flight (62:15) .  \nWoman Pilots in History   \nThérèse Cochet Peltier  \n• First woman to pilot an aircraft-1908 in France ina 1907 Voisin biplane  \n• She completed several solo flights, but did not complete her license.  \nBlanche Stuart Scott  \n• First female pilot to solo an airplane in the United States-September 1910  \n• Only woman taught to fly by Glenn Curtiss  \nRaymonde de  \nLaroche  \n• World’s first licensed woman pilot in the world (France) in March 1910-Fédération Aéronautique Internationale license \\#36 .  \n Harriet Quimby   \n• 1911: 1st woman licensed as a pilot in the US  \n• 1912: 1st woman to fly solo across the English Channel  \n• During an exhibition in Boston, she and her passenger fell out of her plane – no seat belts!  \nBessie Coleman  \n• First black woman to earn a pilot licensein France  \n• First licensed black woman aviator in U.S.  \n• Pursued a career asan aerobatic stunt pilot  \n1929 Women’s Transcontinental Air Derby  \n20 women, 9 Days, 2,800 miles Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH  \nChallenges  \n􀁹 No aeronautical charts  \n􀁹 Open cockpits / engine exhaust  \no Pre-race, Louise Thaden had suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from the exhaust. Her crew rigged a fresh-air tube for her. She said she stayed glued to that tube the whole race.  \no Marvel Crosson crashed and died during the race, probably from carbon monoxide  \n􀁹 Margaret Perry-caught typhoid fever, did not finish  \n􀁹 Exhausting schedule-each overnight stop had media attention and dinner banquets  \nChallenges (cont.)  \n􀁹 At race stops, there was no crowd control, leading to accidents or possible sabotage  \no Blanche Noyes had an in-flight fire, landed and put it out with sand. A cigarette butt was found in her baggage compartment. She didn’t smoke. Completed race.  \no Pancho Barnes crashed into a car that drove onto the runway as she was trying to land. Did not finish.  \no Claire Mae Fahy-wing wires snapped-possibly acid. Withdrew from race.","cbCaivydI0YThQes","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivydI0YThQes","pdf",4454341,49,"English","# Some Context\n## Woman Pilots in History\n## 1929 Women’s Transcontinental Air Derby\n## Challenges\n## Challenges (cont.)","[{\"question\":\"What early flight achievements are referenced in the background context?\",\"answer\":\"The slides note the Wright brothers’ sustained powered flight on December 17, 1903; Santos-Dumont’s powered piloted flight in Europe on October 23, 1906; and Wilbur Wright’s 1908 flight demonstrations in France, along with Orville Wright’s flights for the U.S. Army at Fort Myer starting September 3, 1908.\"},{\"question\":\"Which women pilots are singled out, and what are their key firsts?\",\"answer\":\"The document lists Thérèse Cochet Peltier as the first woman to pilot an aircraft in 1908 (in France, with a 1907 Voisin biplane), Blanche Stuart Scott as the first to solo in the U.S. in September 1910, Raymonde de Laroche as the world’s first licensed woman pilot in March 1910, Harriet Quimby as first licensed in the U.S. in 1911 and first to fly solo across the English Channel in 1912, and Bessie Coleman for earning a pilot license in France and becoming the first licensed Black woman aviator in the U.S.\"},{\"question\":\"What challenges affected pilots during the 1929 Women’s Transcontinental Air Derby?\",\"answer\":\"Challenges included no aeronautical charts, hazardous open cockpits and engine exhaust leading to carbon monoxide poisoning, accidents and deaths during the race, illness such as typhoid fever, an exhausting schedule with media attention and banquets, and lack of crowd control at stops that contributed to accidents or possible sabotage.\"}]","The99sLBv2 - Woman Pilots in History - Women’s Transcontinental Air Derby | PDF",1790309973,75]