Stuka Ace - Hans-Ulrich Rudel: Greatest Combat Pilot of all Time

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Y-uSR1krk]Hanna Reitsch - Aviator - Test Pilot - Forgotten Legend - YouTube[/ame]

 

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Hands down the best aviatrix in history was Hanna Reitsch.

She was Germany's premier test pilot and first woman to fly a helicopter and a jet plane.


Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912 – 24 August 1979) was a German aviator and the only woman awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the Luftwaffe Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds during World War II. She set over forty aviation altitude and endurance records during her career, both before and after World War II, and several of her international gliding records still stand in 2012.

Hanna Reitsch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'll go with Jaqueline Cochrane. Her contributions to the war effort were far more than Hanna's and she was every bit as good a pilot, if not better than Hanna, annnnnnnd, she was the first woman to break the sound barrier.

Jacqueline Cochran - New World Encyclopedia

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tesa325mN7U]Jackie Cochran: First Lady of Flight - Promo - YouTube[/ame]