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#OnThisDay, 21 June 1913, Georgia 'Tiny' Broadwick becomes the first woman to parachute from an airplane. She goes on to complete the first known premeditated freefall by anyone at all whilst training WW1 pilots on how to jump from planes.
Read more, and see one of her parachutes, at the Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/georgia-%E2%80%9Ctiny%E2%80%9D-broadwicks-parachute
#WomenInHistory #Histodons #HistoryOfFlight #Parachutes @histodons
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"The air is the only place free of prejudices."
#OnThisDay, 15 Jun 1921, Bessie Coleman gained her pilot's licence, becoming the first licensed civilian African-American pilot in the world.
#WomenPilots #HigherFurtherFaster #WomenInHistory #Histodons #BlackHistory #HistoryOfFlight
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"The air is the only place free of prejudices."
#OnThisDay, 15 Jun 1921, Bessie Coleman gained her pilot's licence, becoming the first licensed civilian African-American pilot in the world.
#WomenPilots #HigherFurtherFaster #WomenInHistory #Histodons #BlackHistory #HistoryOfFlight
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"The air is the only place free of prejudices."
#OnThisDay, 15 Jun 1921, Bessie Coleman gained her pilot's licence, becoming the first licensed civilian African-American pilot in the world.
#WomenPilots #HigherFurtherFaster #WomenInHistory #Histodons #BlackHistory #HistoryOfFlight
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"The air is the only place free of prejudices."
#OnThisDay, 15 Jun 1921, Bessie Coleman gained her pilot's licence, becoming the first licensed civilian African-American pilot in the world.
#WomenPilots #HigherFurtherFaster #WomenInHistory #Histodons #BlackHistory #HistoryOfFlight
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"The air is the only place free of prejudices."
#OnThisDay, 15 Jun 1921, Bessie Coleman gained her pilot's licence, becoming the first licensed civilian African-American pilot in the world.
#WomenPilots #HigherFurtherFaster #WomenInHistory #Histodons #BlackHistory #HistoryOfFlight