“Any girl who has flown at all grows used to the prejudice of most men pilots who will trot out any number of reasons why women can't possibly be good pilots. . . . The only way to show the disbelievers, the snickering hangar pilots, is to show them.”
Quote by Cornelia Fort
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Cornelia Fort
Cornelia Fort, born in 1919, was an outstanding female aviator. She achieved numerous accomplishments in her flying career, including becoming the first woman to receive the Gold Medal from the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom. Tragically, she disappeared during a flight mission on March 21, 1943. more
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