Neta Snook Tests The Skies Posted January 8, 2011 & filed under 365 Female Flying Feats. January 8, 1921 Aviatrix Neta Snook test flew a new model Kinner Airster. Six months later she taught Amelia Earhart to fly in that plane. “Snookie” was the first woman pilot in Iowa and the first American woman to own an aviation business.