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Aida de Acosta was the first female to fly a powered aircraft, alone. In 1903, while in Paris with her mother, the Cuban American caught her first glimpse of dirigibles. She then preceeded to take only three flight lessons, before taking the sky by herself.
source: American Women, by Gail Collins