title: Louise Poitevin
text: # Louise Poitevin
  
  Louise Poitevin (1820-1908) was a French pioneer of aviation, known for being the first woman to take horses aloft with her.
  
  On September 12, 1847, she took flight in a balloon with someone named Rossi and remained in flight for two hours. In Portugal, in the summer of 1857, she and her husband carried out a series of hot-air balloon flights, two in Porto, four in Lisbon, and two in Coimbra. She is the second woman to fly over Portugal, the first being Bertrande Senges. She finished her career in 1894 at the age of 55, by landing on horseback on a rooftop in Copenhagen.
  
  