March 8th

On this day - March 8th 1910 - De Laroche became the first woman to get a pilot licence.

Raymonde de Laroche was a french woman born in 1882 with an huge interest for flying. She got her first flying lesson in October 1909 from her friend, Voisin, who was an aviator and an aeroplane builder. She soon started flying, and learned to master both take off and landing. She received her pilots licence on March 8th from the Aeroclub of France. This made her into the first woman in the world to receive a pilots license. She died in an accident when she was test-flying a new plane in France in 1912.

Happy women's day to all our readers!