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1930 Florence Klingensmith First woman to set loop record for 143 consecutive loops. 1931 Anne Morrow Lindbergh First woman to earn a glider pilot's license. More on Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1932 Olive Beech Helps to found, with her husband, Beech Aircraft Corporation 1932 Kathryn Cheung First Chinese-American female to earn a U.S. pilot's license. Photo 1932 Amelia Earhart First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (in just under 15 hours). More on Amelia Earhart More on Amelia Earhart 2 More on Amelia Earhart 3 More on Amelia Earhart 4 1932 Ruth Nichols First woman hired as a pilot for commercial passenger flights, on New York Airways. 1936 Louise Thaden, pilot Blanche Noyes, co-pilot First women to win the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race from Los Angeles, CA to New York City, New York. More on Louise Thaden 1937 Willa Brown First African-American woman to earn a commercial pilot's license. More on Willa Brown 1938 Hanna Reitsch German WWII test pilot who was the first woman to pilot a helicopter. More on Hanna Reitsch More on Hanna Reitsch 2