Mary Haizlip

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Mary Haizlip
Mary Haizlip was the second women in the U.S. to receive her commercial pilot's license and held the world's speed record for women for seven years. She was the first woman pilot inducted into the (16534966634).jpg
Mary Haizlip, c.1930
Born1910[1]
Died1997[2]
Known forAviator

Mary Haizlip was an American aviator who was the second woman in the United States to qualify for a commercial pilot's license.[3]

She was one of the twenty competitors in the first Women's Air Derby, in 1929.[4] For seven years she held the world's speed record for women and became the second highest prize winner, man or woman, at the 1931 National Air Races.[3]

Haizlip was the first woman pilot inducted in the Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame on December 17, 1982.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Ann Lewis, Cooper; Rajnus, Sharon (2008). Stars of the Sky, Legends All. Zenith Imprint. p. 114. ISBN 9781610607520.
  2. ^ Jr, Thomas G. Matowitz (2005). Cleveland's National Air Races. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 34. ISBN 9780738539966.
  3. ^ a b c "Women in Aviation and Space History - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum".
  4. ^ Jessen, Gene Nora (2002). The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 the first all women's transcontinental air race. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks. ISBN 9781402229725.


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