8 March 1910

March 8, 2024AviationAéro-Club de France, Aviatrix, Baroness de Laroche, Elise Raymonde Deroche, FAI, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Mme de Laroche, Raymonde de Laroche, Women in AviationBryan Swopes

Elise Raymonde Deroche

8 March 1910: The Aéro-Club de France issued Pilote-Aviateur license # 36 to Mme. de Laroche (née Elise Raymonde Deroche, but also known as Raymonde de Laroche, and Baroness de Laroche) making her the first woman to become licensed as a airplane pilot.

Pilot Certificate number 36 of the FAI was issued to Mme. de LAROCHE. (Musee de l'Air at l'Espace — Pilot Certificate number 36 of the Aéro-Club de France was issued to Mme. de Laroche. (Musee de l’Air at l’Espace)

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2 thoughts on “8 March 1910”

Jo-Ann Belanger says:

March 8, 2023 at 4:23 am

If she was issued a license the same day as the first man (in England), why isn’t she mentioned more prominently?
1. Bryan Swopes says:
  
  March 8, 2023 at 6:04 am
  
  TDiA thought that she was.

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