Date Name Milestone June 4, 1784 Élisabeth Thible First known woman to ride in a hot air balloon.[61][62][63] 1805 Sophie Blanchard First woman to pilot a hot air balloon.[64] March 8, 1910 Raymonde de Laroche First woman to receive a pilot's license.[65] 1910–1911 Lilian Bland First woman in the world to design, build, and fly an aircraft.[66][67] 1912 Harriet Quimby First woman to fly across the English Channel.[68] 1914 Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya First woman commissioned as a military pilot; she flew reconnaissance missions for the Czar in 1914.[69][70] 1915 Marie Marvingt First woman to fly a fighter plane in combat.[71][72] 1928 Amelia Earhart First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.[73] 1930 Amy Johnson First woman to fly from Britain to Australia.[74] 1933 Lotfia ElNadi First African woman and first Arab woman to earn a pilot's license.