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Hélène Dutrieu
, shown here in her aeroplane ca. 1911, was the fourth woman in the world (the first from
Belgium
) to earn a
pilot's license
and reputedly the first woman to carry passengers and to fly a
seaplane
. Besides being a pilot, she was a
cycling
world champion,
stunt
cyclist, stunt
motorcyclist
,
automobile racer
, wartime
ambulance
driver, and director of a military
hospital
.
Photo credit:
Bain News Service
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