Mary Haizlip

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Mary Haizlip
Mary Haizlip, c.1930
Born1910[1]
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Known forAviator

Mary Haizlip (1910-1997) was an American aviator who was the second woman in the United States to qualify for a commercial pilot's license.[3]

She was one of the twenty competitors in the first Women's Air Derby, in 1929.[4] For seven years she held the world's speed record for women and became the second highest prize winner, man or woman, at the 1931 National Air Races.[3]

Haizlip was the first woman pilot inducted in the Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame on December 17, 1982.[3]

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