Articles related to "Pilot Who Disappeared"Amelia Earhart was trying to fly around the world and break a record when her plane disappeared. She is deservedly one of America's national treasures.
The self-styled "Baroness de Laroche" of France gained her pilot's licence in 1909, becoming the first woman to do so.
Nancy Bird barnstormed in rural Australia, later transporting nurses and patients to medical aid. Recently Qantas named their first Airbus A380 after her.
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