![]() Katherine Wright first flew with her brothers for their demonstration flights in France in 1909. ![]() In remembering the financial and moral support she provided to them, her brother Wilbur said, "If ever the world thinks of us in connection with aviation, it must remember our sister." If we accept the premise that the first machine-powered flight by humans occurred on December 17, 1903, with the Wright Brothers, it is appropriate to begin with an almost forgotten contributor to that great event: their sister Katharine Wright. Instead of inducting the normal number of women or groups into our Pioneer Hall of Fame, we paid tribute to 100 Women Who Made a Difference in the first 100 years of aviation. In honor of the Centennial of Flight on December 17, 2003, Women in Aviation International selected a unique celebration. ![]()
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