Mary Haizlip

Mary Haizlip

Mary Haizlip, c.1930
Born 1910[1]
Died 1997[2]
Known for Aviator

Mary Haizlip was the second woman in the USA 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

  1. ↑ Ann Lewis, Cooper; Rajnus, Sharon (2008). Stars of the Sky, Legends All. Zenith Imprint. p. 114. ISBN 9781610607520.
  2. ↑ Jr, Thomas G. Matowitz, (2005). Cleveland's National Air Races. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 34. ISBN 9780738539966.
  3. 1 2 3 https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/women-in-aviation/haizlip.cfm
  4. ↑ Jessen, Gene Nora (2002). The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 the first all women's transcontinental air race. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks. ISBN 9781402229725.
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