May-June 1908: Mlle P. Van Pottelsberghe de la Poterie of Belgium flies with Henri Farman on several short flights at an airshow in Ghent, Belgium becoming the first woman passenger on an airplane.[7] September: Thérèse Peltier of France made the first solo flight by a woman in an airplane in Turin, Italy, flying around 200 meters in a straight line about two and a half meters off the ground.[8] October 7: Edith Berg, business manager in Europe for the Wright Brothers became the first American woman to fly as a passenger.[9]