- Louise Sacchi
Louise Sacchi, (
April 15 ,1913 –March 22 ,1997 ), was an aviator and author who flew numerous times across the world's oceans, often solo, ferrying single and multi-engine planes. As the first international woman ferry pilot, she piloted planes across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans over 340 times, more than any other non-airline pilot. OnJune 28 ,1971 , she set a speed record by flying a single-engine land plane from New York toLondon in 17 hours and 10 minutes, a record that still stands today. [cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0307/p18s02-hfks.html|title=For pilots, the sky's the limit|publisher=The Christian Science Monitor ] [cite web|url=http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?from=general_aviation&id=6026|title=History of Aviation and Space World Records|publisher=Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)] She won numerous awards in her career, which spanned over 40 years, and was the first woman to win the prestigious Godfrey L. Cabot Award for distinguished service to aviation.cite web|url=http://www.ninety-nines.org/sachi.html|title=Highlights of Louise Sacchi's Aviation History|publisher=The Ninety Nines ] [cite web|url=http://www.wetzelandson.com/fmi/xsl/browserecord.xsl?-lay=web&-recid=7365&-find=-find|title=Louise Sacchi Obit|publisher=Wetzel & Son] [cite web|url=http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2002/02-2-198.html|title=AOPA's Phil Boyer receives prestigious Cabot Award|publisher=AOPA]Publications
*"Ocean Flying",
McGraw-Hill , 1979, ISBN: 0070544050
*"The Happy Commuter - Autobiographical Sketches", 1996, Louise Sacchi.cite web|url=http://www.ninety-nines.org/books/b_happy.html|title=THE HAPPY COMMUTER - Autobiographical Sketches|publisher=The Ninety Nines ]Notes
External links
* [http://wingsworldquest.org/cgi-bin/iowa/explorers/record/130.html Explorers Archive Louise Sacchi Biography]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sacchi+Avenue,+gander&sll=48.966667,-54.615912&sspn=0.010044,0.019913&ie=UTF8&ll=48.967033,-54.611256&spn=0.010044,0.026779&z=16&om=1 Sacchi Avenue, Gander, Newfoundland]
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