"Highway To The Sky" Quiz Test your knowledge of women in aviation! 1. Worldwide, what percentage of commercial/airline pilots are female? (a) 6% (b) 27% 2. Which country has the most female commercial/airline pilots? (a) USA (b) India 3. When did the Wright Brothers make history with the successful flight of their Kitty Hawk Flyer? (a) 1903 (b) 1912 4. In which year did Raymonde de Laroche become the first licensed female pilot? (a) 1910 (b) 1916 5. In 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first licensed African-American female pilot. Where did she learn to fly? (a) Chicago, USA (b) Le Crotoy, France 6. Who won the first Women’s National Air Derby from Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland OH in 1929? (a) Amelia Earhart (b) Louise McPhetridge Thaden 7. Who was the first female commercial/airline pilot in Canada? (a) Judy Cameron (b) Rosella Bjornson 8. In 1934, Helen Richey became the first woman in America to be hired as a pilot by an American commercial airline. After a few months flying the Ford TriMotor for Central Airlines in Pennsylvania, she resigned. Why? (a) She became pregnant and was immediately grounded. (b) Her all-male colleagues refused to fly with a woman and complained to the Airline Pilot Association (APA). 9. Why are there so few female pilots? (a) lack of role models (b) systemic bias Ready to send
