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Mary Haizlip

Mary Haizlip
Mary Haizlip was the second women in the U.S. to receive her commercial pilot's license and held the world's speed record for women for seven years. She was the first woman pilot inducted into the (16534966634).jpg
Mary Haizlip, c.1930
Born 1910
Died 1997
Known for Aviator

Mary Haizlip was the second woman in the USA to qualify for a commercial pilot's license.

She was one of the twenty competitors in the first Women's Air Derby, in 1929. For seven years she held the world's speed record for women and became the second highest prize winner, man or woman, at the 1931 National Air Races.

Haizlip was the first woman pilot inducted in the Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame on December 17, 1982.


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