Bedriye Tahir is the first Turkish woman to earn her pilot's license.[13] Lotfia ElNadi becomes the first Arab woman, first African woman, and first woman in Egypt to earn a pilot's license.[58] Maryse Hilsz of France is the first woman pilot to fly from Beijing to Paris.[1] Fay Gillis Wells is the first American woman to fly a Soviet-made airplane.[59] Carola Lorenzini was the first Argentine pilot certified as a flight instructor.[60]