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Happy International Women's Day to all the women in aviation who paved the way for today's female pilots. #flylikeagirl ( of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to gain her international pilot's license)

Today's "Did you know?" is in honor of International Women's Day! Blanche Stuart Scott was the first American woman to take a solo hop into the air, although he...r flight is not regarded as official. Always interested in a challenge, Scott became the first woman to drive an automobile coast to coast in 1910. Scott's auto trip drew the attention of Jerome Fanciulli, of the Curtiss exhibition team, who asked her if she would like to learn to fly. She was the first and only woman to receive instruction from Curtiss. Blanche's story doesn't end there. Visit the Curtiss Museum today to learn more about this amazing woman!

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June 27, 1911 Well known aviator and barnstormer Lincoln J. Beachey responds to a $1,000 challenge from U.S.-Canadian carnival promotors by flying his Curtiss M...odel D, down the Niagara river (at an altitude of about 20 feet) over Niagara falls, under the Honeymoon Bridge and down the length of the Niagara Gorge. All of this in front of about 150,000 spectators. See more

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GE thermal systems engineer Cherise John, wrenching on a Leap engine - checking the sealing on the engine’s compressor bleed valve at #GE Aviation in Evendale, OH. Photo: GE Aviation

From NASA: The technicians who are inspecting the James Webb Space Telescope and its expansive golden mirrors look like ghostly wraiths in this image as they co...nduct a "lights out inspection" in the Spacecraft Systems Development and Integration Facility (SSDIF) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn See more

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Day 5 of our salute to Women in Aviation and History. Today we look far back to 1911 and salute Matilde Moisant! "Matilde Moisant was the second woman in the Un...ited States to receive a pilot's license. Moisant learned to fly at her brother Albert's Moisant Aviation School on Long Island, along with aviator Harriet Quimby, and earned her license on August 13, 1911. Together the two pioneer female aviators and friends joined the Moisant International Aviators. Moisant made her exhibition debut at the Nassau Boulevard Aviation Meet in September where she won the Rodman-Wanamaker altitude trophy by flying her 50 hp Moisant monoplane to an incredible 366 meters (1,200 feet). She beat both Quimby and French pilot Helene Dutrieu. Moisant flew in meets throughout the country and Mexico until the early spring of 1912, often flying at higher altitudes than most male pilots. Then bowing to the wishes of her family, still recovering from the fatal crash of her brother John in 1910, Moisant scheduled her last flight for April 14, 1912, in Wichita Falls, Texas. It was almost her last performance of any kind as her aircraft burst into flames upon landing, due to a leak in the fuel tank. Moisant was pulled from the wreckage with her clothes afire but fortunately her heavy wool flying costume saved her from serious injury. During World War I, she performed fundraising duties (on the ground) for the Red Cross." Information courtesy of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. #Womeninhistorymonth See more