Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu
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Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu (b. 13 May 1887 – d. 29 March 1929, Bucharest) is the first woman aviator in Romania.[1]
Her first flight occurred in 1912, accompanied by her horse riding instructor Mircea Zorileanu, and her no 1591[2] license was achieved from the International Aeronautical Federation, in 1914, in France.
Bibliography
Firoiu, V., Amazoanele cerului (Sky Amazons), Albatros Publishing House, Bucharest, 1980
- ↑ Marcu, George (coord.), Dicţionarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, Bucureşti, 2009
- ↑ http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro/wiki/Elena_Caragiani-Stoenescu
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Photocopy of aviator license of Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu, 22 January 1914
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Portrait Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu
