On this day in aviation history, January 16, 1929, Anglo-Irish noblewoman Lady Mary Bailey, returned to Croydon Aerodrome, London, 10 months after setting out on an epic solo flight from London to ...

Jerrie Mock was the first woman to fly around the world alone, wearing tights, heels and pearls, in a plane called Charlie. On 19 March 1964, Jerrie Mock made aviation history when she became the ...