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Female Aviation Firsts
Timeline Search: Name the Woman

Directions: Read each clue carefully, then check the Female Aviation Firsts timeline to help you find the woman who accomplished the feat.
_____ 1. She was the first woman to solo across the English Channel.
_____ 2. She was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle.
_____ 3. She and another pilot were the firsts to fly around the world non-stop and non-refueled.
_____ 4. She was the first woman to fly a loop maneuver.
_____ 5. She was the first U.S. woman to fly an experimental jet.
_____ 6. She was the first Chinese-American to pilot an airplane.
_____ 7. She was the first woman to fly solo around the world.
_____ 8. She helps to found the Beech Aircraft Corporation.
_____ 9. She is the first African-American female aviator to earn an international pilot's license.
_____ 10. She flew faster than the speed of sound in 1953.
_____ 11. She was the first U.S. female licensed to fly helicopters.
_____ 12. In 1913, she was the first woman to fly at night.

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