"WE" by Charles A. Lindbergh

"WE" by Charles A. Lindbergh
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The First Lady Aviator

The First Lady Aviator
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"Madame the Baronesse Delaroche was the first lady aviator. She is a well-known
French sportswoman, and purchased for herself a Voisin biplane.
On the 3rd November, 1909, she, unaided, flew this machine for a distance of
about 1,000 yards, which incidentally is also the record for the first flight of
any amateur."

from Wills's Cigarettes Airships and Aeroplanes series (#50 of 50)

French Aviatress is Killed in Fall
Journal and Tribune,
Knoxville, Tennessee: Saturday, July 19, 1919,
Transcribed by Bob Davis - 9-4-03 Paris, July 18. - Baroness de La Roche, the French aviatress, was killed in an airplane accident at the aerodrome at Crotoy this afternoon. The baroness was flying with a passenger when the accident occurred.