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I think women make better pilots.

— Zoey Tur

“The first eight female ATA pilots were only allowed to fly light aircraft which could be easily replaced ‘if broken by women’.”

— M.J. Foreman

Any girl who has flown at all grows used to the prejudice of most men pilots who will trot out any number of reasons…

— Cornelia Fort

There is a decided prejudice on the part of the general public against being piloted by a woman, and as great an aversion, partially…

— Louise Thaden

This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step…

— Wally Schirra

We realized what a spot we were in. We had to deliver the goods, or else there wouldn't ever be another chance for women…

— Cornelia Fort

Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.

— Elizabeth Moon

I believe that there will be women astronauts sometime just as there are women airplane pilots.

— Nancy Roman

“Women are created to inspire… neither men nor women utilize this well.”

— Sameh Elsayed

More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.

— Valentina Tereshkova

I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed…

— Shannon Lucid