October 23: Balloonist, Jeannette Piccard becomes the first woman to reach the stratosphere.[61] December 31: Helen Richey becomes the first women to pilot a commercial airliner.[62] She later resigns because she is not allowed into the all-male pilot's union and rarely allowed to fly.[63] Marie Marvingt is the first woman to run a civil air ambulance service.[1] Marina Mikhailovna Raskova of Russia is the first woman to instruct at a military flight academy.[1] Jean Batten of New Zealand is the first woman to do the "England to Australia" round trip.[1] Maryse Hilsz of France is the first woman to do the "Paris to Tokyo" round trip.[1] Maude Bonney is the first woman awarded a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) award for her "contribution to aviation."[51]