Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution smithsonian institution archives smithsonianinstitutionarchives womens history month 2013 womenshistorymonth2013 man woman squat tarmac brazil aviation pilot instructor pan american panamerican pan american airways panamericanairways pan am panam paa grumman monochrome Subject: Machado, Anesia Pinheiro 1904-1999        Dionne, Donald        Brazil Air Force        Pan American World Airways, Inc Type: Black-and-white photographs Date: 1948     C. 1948 Topic: Women air pilots Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5753] Summary: Brazilian aviation expert and pilot Anesia Pinheiro Machado (1902-1999) is shown with Pan American Airways senior instructor Donald Dionne. Machado was the first person to obtain a U.S. commercial pilot's license with additional ratings as instructor and for flying on instruments only; she was also an instructor for the Brazilian Air Force and commercial airlines. The Pan American Airways press release accompanying this photograph described how the appearance of the "petite newcomer" with "plenty of aviation 'know how'" had elicited a sense of wonder among the junior Clipper pilots at the flight school. She had made her first solo flight in 1922, at the age of 18 and was the first Brazilian woman to make a cross-country flight Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Subject: Machado, Anesia Pinheiro 1904-1999 Dionne, Donald Brazil Air Force Pan American World Airways, Inc Type: Black-and-white photographs Date: 1948 C. 1948 Topic: Women air pilots Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5753] Summary: Brazilian aviation expert and pilot Anesia Pinheiro Machado (1902-1999) is shown with Pan American Airways senior instructor Donald Dionne. Machado was the first person to obtain a U.S. commercial pilot's license with additional ratings as instructor and for flying on instruments only; she was also an instructor for the Brazilian Air Force and commercial airlines. The Pan American Airways press release accompanying this photograph described how the appearance of the "petite newcomer" with "plenty of aviation 'know how'" had elicited a sense of wonder among the junior Clipper pilots at the flight school. She had made her first solo flight in 1922, at the age of 18 and was the first Brazilian woman to make a cross-country flight Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |