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- Maryse Bastie Sets a New World Record for Women, for Continuous Flight, July 30, 1929 - Following her marriage to a military pilot, Maryse Bastie earned her own pilot's license and began aerobatic flying in her native France. Bastie was rewarded for her skill in 1931 with the Harmon Trophy, an international prize given to the world's outstanding aviator. After serving in France's air force during World War II, Bastie died in a 1952 plane crash.
- July 30, 1929
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Maryse Bastie Sets a New World Record for Women, for Continuous Flight, July 30, 1929
Following her marriage to a military pilot, Maryse Bastie earned her own pilot's license and began aerobatic flying in her native France. Bastie was rewarded for her skill in 1931 with the Harmon Trophy, an international prize given to the world's outstanding aviator. After serving in France's air force during World War II, Bastie died in a 1952 plane crash.
- "Women and the 'Air Sense,'" 1933 - This booklet, written by Irish pilot Mary, Lady Heath, profiles some of the leading women in aviation through 1933. Those featured include Katharine Wright, Harriet Quimby, Katherine Stinson, Ruth Law, Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie, Elinor Smith, Maryse Bastie, and Amelia Earhart, among others. Each of these women made important contributions to flight during the airplane's first three decades.
- 1933
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"Women and the 'Air Sense,'" 1933
This booklet, written by Irish pilot Mary, Lady Heath, profiles some of the leading women in aviation through 1933. Those featured include Katharine Wright, Harriet Quimby, Katherine Stinson, Ruth Law, Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie, Elinor Smith, Maryse Bastie, and Amelia Earhart, among others. Each of these women made important contributions to flight during the airplane's first three decades.