Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu

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Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu (b. 13 May 1887 – d. 29 March 1929, Bucharest) is the first woman aviator in Romania.[1]

Her first flight occurred in 1912, accompanied by her horse riding instructor Mircea Zorileanu, and her no 1591[2] license was achieved from the International Aeronautical Federation, in 1914, in France.

Bibliography

Firoiu, V., Amazoanele cerului (Sky Amazons), Albatros Publishing House, Bucharest, 1980

  1. Marcu, George (coord.), Dicţionarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, Bucureşti, 2009
  2. http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro/wiki/Elena_Caragiani-Stoenescu