Susana Ferrari Billinghurst

Susana Ferrari Billinghurst (1914–1999) was an Argentine aviator of Italian, English, and Irish descent. She was the first woman in South America to earn a commercial pilot's license, in 1937.

Elida Carles, Susana Ferrari Billinghurst and Julia Perez Cattoni - 9 November 1943
This article is about the Argentinian aviator. For other uses, see Billinghurst (disambiguation).

Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
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Born(1914-03-20)20 March 1914
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died13 August 1999(1999-08-13) (aged 85)
Salta, Argentina
OccupationAviator
RelativesLuciana Pedraza (granddaughter)
Guillermo Billinghurst (cousin)
Portada Revista 1943

Career

In 1937, Billinghurst became the first woman in South America to earn a commercial pilot's license. In 1940, she piloted an amphibious Sikorsky S-43 in a 4,000-mile trip from Panama to Argentina.

During the 1943 Revolution Day in Argentina, she entered the presidential house with a symbolic bouquet, getting from the new president a historical engagement in favour of women's rights, particularly in the aviation field.

In November 1943, she made a flight to Uruguay with two other aviators (Elida Carles and Julia Perez Cattoni), officially representing the Argentine government.

Family

Billinghurst was the grandmother of actress Luciana Pedraza, who herself is married to Hollywood legend and Oscar winner Robert Duvall.[1] She is also the granddaughter of British General Robert Billinghurst, the niece of Argentine aviator Lisandro Billinghurst, and cousin of Guillermo Billinghurst, who was the president of Peru.

The city of Billinghurst is named after her grandfather Mariano Billinghurst.

Her ancestor Sir Nicholas Woodroffe served as Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament for London.

She is a direct descendant of Henry III of England, King of England.

Lineage

O. John, King of England

I. Henry III King of England

II. Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster,

III. Henry, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster

IV. Eleanor of Lancaster, Countess of Arundel (m. John Beaumont - 2nd Baron)

V. Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont (1340–1369),

VI. John Beaumont, 4th Baron

VII. Elizabeth Beaumont

VIII. Margaret Baroness Botreaux (m. Robert, 2nd Lord Hungerford)

IX. Eleanor Hungerford (m John White)

X. Robert White (m. Margaret Gaynesford)

XI. Margaret White (m. John Kirton)

XII. Stephen Kirton (m. Margaret Offley)

XIII. Griseld Kirton (m. Sir Nicholas Woodruff, Lord Mayor of London)

XIV. Sir David Woodruff

XV. Robert Woodruff

XVI. Sir George Woodruff

XVII. Robert Woodruff

XVIII. Lettice Woodruff (m. William Billinghurst)

XIX. Rev. William Billinghurst (m Catherine Bellas)

XX. Robert Billinghurst (m. Francisca Agrelo)

XXI. Mariano Billinghurst

XXII. Lisandro Billinghurst (m. Anna Kidd Lynch)

XXIII. Rosa Billinghurst (m. Alfredo Ferrari)

XXIV. Susana Ferrari-Billinghurst

Bibliography

Vitry, Roberto. Mujeres Salteñas: Susana Ferrari Billinghurst. Editorial Hanne, año 2000.

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References
  1. Murch, Beatrice (27 November 2012). "Robert Duvall: Hollywood's Tanguero". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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