6/27/2023 0 Comments First woman fighter pilot![]() Rosella Marie Bjornson – Born Lethbridge, Alberta July 13, 1947. She has been the first Snowbird Team Leader to have her duty extended beyond the standard two year period. In 2000 she became the first female pilot to fly with the Canadian Force’s national aerobatic team, the Snowbirds and went on to become the Commander of the Snowbird team. Maryse Carmichael – A captain with the Canadian Air Force, Maryse had the job of VIP pilot flying the Prime Minister or the Governor General of Canada. She obtained her Pilot’s Licence in 1929, one year after the first women pilot in Canada, Eileen Vollick… read more ![]() Her first lesson was on Ap…read moreĭaphne Paterson – was one of our earliest Pioneer women pilots. She earned $10 a week in a factory, went without food and the necessities of life to scrape together the six dollars an hour to take flying lessons. She wanted to fly so badly, it became an obsession with her. Marion left home at the age of 15, her education barely completed to Grade 8. A two-seater swing in the garden became her “flying Machine”. She spent hours on the proof of the house watching for planes. Marion Orr – Fascinated with planes and flying at a very early age, she read everything and anything on aviation. She piloted 47 different types of aircraft, including Spitfires, Typhoons and Mosquitos… read more In 1943 at the age of 24, she joined the British Air Transport Auxiliary and flew new fighter planes from factories to military bases across England and Allied Europe. Vi Milstead – Renowned for her courage and determination. Like many other would be young aviators, she built balsa wood model aircraft and was fascinated watching the Harvards fly aerobatics over the farm …read more ![]() She was raised on a farm in Eastern Ontario – miles from an Airport. Engineering was a male vocation, Elsie MacGill opened many doors and opportunities for women in this area of aviation in the years to come …read moreįelicity McKendry – was in love with planes and aviation at an early age. By the time the family had moved to historic Harbour Grace in 1931, the dawn of aviation had arrived …read moreĮlsie MacGill – was the first woman AME in Canada. Phyllis Penney-Gaul – was Newfoundland’s first female pilot. ![]() She held the record number of hours flown by a woman in Blimps for many years and planned to get her Lighter-than-Air Licence …read more Lorna also took up skydiving and at the age of 16 and was the first female in Canada to make a parachute jump! And the youngest! …read moreĮdith Denny – the daughter of Goodyear’s President logged many hours at the controls of the first three Goodyear Blimps. She soloed at 15 in a J-3 Cub at the Atlas Aviation Flying School in Ottawa. Lorna_deBlicquy – decided she wanted to learn to fly at the age of 14. In the early 1900’s flying was the ultimate daredevil act and there were some women already falling in love with the idea of being up in the air.Įileen Vollick – Just 19 when she earned her wings and the right to call herself a true Canadian pioneer, trailblazing the airways for thousands of women who came after her. Eileen Vollick, Canada’s first licensed woman pilot, was born in Wiarton, Ontario. First though, the 18-year-old had an obstacle to overcome …read more
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