April: Elizabeth Jennings Clark of St. Lucia was hired as the first female pilot for Leeward Islands Air Transport.[151] November 16: American, Brooke Knapp, is the first person to land at McMurdo Station for a round the world flight and the first person to pilot a business jet over both the North and South Poles.[152] Charlotte Larson becomes the first woman smoke jumper aircraft captain.[153] Deanne Schulman becomes the first woman to be qualified as a smoke jumper.[153]