Digital Exhibition:
Early Canadian Women Pilots
The RCAF Foundation is proud to share our new digital exhibition in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.
Women have been involved in aviation in Canada since before the first controlled powered flight of the Silver Dart in 1909. However, it was not until 1928 that the first Canadian women earned a Pilot’s Licence. Although many of the first Canadian women pilots faced discrimination, they left a lasting legacy on Canadian aviation.
More Digital Exhibitions coming!
Thank you to Brad St. Croix and to Marta Gocka for their assistance with this project.
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Eileen Vollick became Canada’s first licensed female pilot
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Daphne Paterson was the first Canadian woman to earn a Commercial Pilot’s Licence
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Canada’s first all-female flying club was formed
