| 1943 |
Women Airforce
Service Pilots (WASP) |
The government program in which female pilots were used to
train the male pilots for combat duty. The U.S. female pilots
also ferried airplanes across the Atlantic Ocean for use in
combat. |
| 1944 |
Ann Baumgartner |
First U.S. woman to fly an experimental jet airplane. She
reached speeds of 350 mph and altitudes up to 35,000 feet. |
| 1947 |
Ann Shaw Carter |
First U.S. woman licensed to fly a helicopter. |
