Patty Willis

Patricia Ann Willis (born January 1910[1]) was a pioneering American woman aviator.

History

Willis was born in Moline, Illinois and wanted to fly from an early age. She attended Belmont High School, and went to the School of Art in Los Angeles.[2]

On 16 June 1929, at 19, she received her pilot's licence.[3]

She wanted to enter the 1929 Women's Air Derby, but proved unable to obtain an aircraft.[4]

Notes
  1. Worthpoint.com (retrieved 28 May 2019)
  2. Worthpoint.com (retrieved 28 May 2019)
  3. Worthpoint.com (retrieved 28 May 2019)
  4. "Breaking Through the Clouds", Archetypal Images documentary, 2015
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