Mary Haizlip
Mary Haizlip | |
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 Mary Haizlip, c.1930 | |
| Born | 1910[1] |
| Died | 1997 (aged 86–87)[2] |
| Known for | Aviator |
Mary Haizlip (1910-1997) 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
- ^ Ann Lewis, Cooper; Rajnus, Sharon (2008). Stars of the Sky, Legends All. Zenith Imprint. p. 114. ISBN 9781610607520.
- ^ Matowitz, Thomas G. Jr. (2005). Cleveland's National Air Races. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 34. ISBN 9780738539966.
- ^ a b c "Women in Aviation and Space History - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum".
- ^ Jessen, Gene Nora (2002). The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 the first all women's transcontinental air race. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks. ISBN 9781402229725.