Lillian Todd Grounded

Posted & filed under 365 Female Flying Feats.

September 20, 1909 Lillian Todd, the first woman to apply for a pilots license, was refused a permit to conduct an “aeroplane test” in Richmond, New York. In 1906, Todd had been the first woman to invent a “heavier than air machine” which, unfortunately, never flew. She went on to found the Junior Aero Club.