Women Fly Clothing

Amelia Earhart Courage By Women FlyA classic t-shirt celebrating the most reknowned woman pilot in aviation history The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic; the first person to solo across the Pacific from Honolulu to Oakland; the first person to solo from Burbank to Mexico City; speed records, altitude records, innumerable honors, degrees and accolades...It's difficult to think about Amelia Earhart outside of aviation. However, this world renown pilot was also an accomplished writer,...

Bessie Coleman By Women FlyAmerica's first licensed African American pilot.Racism and sexism were a sign of the times, but "Queen Bess" had her sights set far above the pit of prejudice. Denied access to flight instruction in America, Bessie became fluent in French and, in 1921, crossed the ocean to realize her dream. As the first African American to earn a pilot's license, she defied injustice and won. In 1995, Bessie became the eighteenth honoree in the US Postal Service's Black Heritage...

Bessie Coleman By Women FlyAmerica's first licensed African American pilot.Racism and sexism were a sign of the times, but "Queen Bess" had her sights set far above the pit of prejudice. Denied access to flight instruction in America, Bessie became fluent in French and, in 1921, crossed the ocean to realize her dream. As the first African American to earn a pilot's license, she defied injustice and won. In 1995, Bessie became the eighteenth honoree in the US Postal Service's Black Heritage...

Betty Skelton By Women FlyThe First Lady of Aerobatics, she flew "Little Stinker" after WWIIBetty won the International Feminine Aerobatic Championships in 1948-1950 in the revolutionary new Pitts Special biplane while still in her 20's. She learned to fly early, soloing at age 12, and perfected her airshow flying through determination, courage and perfectionism. Her spunky style drew the admiration of airshow crowds from coast to coast. She flew numerous airplanes for speed records, including...

Element:Air/Amelia Earhart By Women FlyPrinted on a soft tan, 100% cotton t-shirt, a quote from history's most famous aviatrix. The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic; the first person to solo across the Pacific from Honolulu to Oakland; the first person to solo from Burbank to Mexico City; speed records, altitude records, innumerable honors, degrees and accolades...It's difficult to think about Amelia Earhart outside of aviation. However, this world renown pilot was also an...

Element:Earth/Anne Lindbergh By Women FlyPrinted on a soothing green, 100% cotton t-shirt, a quote from the first licensed female glider pilot and wife of Charles Lindbergh.Anne Morrow became the wife of Charles Lindbergh after meeting him and becoming entranced by his vision, ambition and world view. She became his trusted confidant, editor, co-pilot, radioman and endured deep tragedy and soaring adventures. Her first child was abducted and killed in the greatest scandal of it's time and the...

Element:Fire/Bessie Coleman By Women FlyPrinted on a deep wine, 100% cotton t-shirt, a quote from the first African American pilot, male or female.Racism and sexism were a sign of the times, but "Queen Bess" had her sights set far above the pit of prejudice. Denied access to flight instruction in America, Bessie became fluent in French and, in 1921, crossed the ocean to realize her dream. As the first African American to earn a pilot's license, she defied injustice and won. In 1995, Bessie...

Element:Ice/Patty Wagstaff By Women FlyPrinted on a bright fuschia, 100% cotton t-shirt, a quote from the most accomplished female aerobatic pilot.Three-time national aerobatic champion Patty Wagstaff has probably done more to make aerobatics a household word than any other pilot in history. Breaking the gender barrier, she proved that in aviation, the best pilots are determined by skill and practice, not by gender. In 1991, competing in a field of both men and women, she won the National...

Element:Lightning/Jackie Cochran By Women FlyPrinted on a deep purple, 100% cotton t-shirt, a quote the woman that holds the most aviation records of any pilotJackie Cochran grew up in extreme poverty in the Florida panhandle. But Jackie was a survivor and took an opportunity to apprentice with a beautician to escape the South. With only a second-grade education, Jackie opened her first beauty and cosmetics shop. The Depression was in full swing and she realized she needed an edge on her...

Element:Water/Beryl Markham By Women FlyPrinted on a bright aqua, 100% cotton t-shirt, a quote from the first pilot to cross the Atlantic from east to west.As a young girl, Beryl Markham was moved from her English birthplace to Kenya, a country that would become her true homeland. She became the first woman in Africa to earn a pilots license. Accompanied only by her compass, Beryl flew countless rescue missions over dangerous, uncharted territory. In 1936, she became the first pilot to make a...

Faye Gillis WellsTS-WFFAYEIn 1929, as a 20-year-old student pilot, Fay Gillis Wells became one of the first women to parachute out of a plane when the biplane she was flying broke apart. That courage to take the big leap would characterize both of Wells' careers as a pioneering aviatrix and a foreign correspondent. The legendary Glenn Curtiss hired her to ferry and demonstrate his early planes, becoming the first woman to be employed in such a job. During that time Fay met other women...

Florence "Pancho" Barnes By Women FlyOne of aviation's most colorful characters."Pancho" Lowe Barnes was born in 1901 to a wealthy California family. She began flying in 1928 and spent the next ten years setting speed records, competing in races, stunt flying for movie moguls and organizing the stunt pilots’ labor union. Pancho nearly exhausted the family fortune by 1933, so she sold off her remaining property and bought 80 acres of land in the desert — next to what is now Edwards Air Force...