Luisa Elena Contreras Mattera

Luisa Elena Contreras Mattera (1922–2006) was a Venezuelan pilot. In 1943, she became the first woman pilot to gain her licence in Venezuela although two Venezuelan women, Ana Branger and Marie Calcaño, had already been granted licences in France and the United States respectively.[1][2][3]

She graduated from the Escuela de Aviación Civil Miguel Rodríguez on 1 July 1943, gaining a civil pilot's licence.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mujeres y medios de transporte" (in Spanish). Museo del transporte, Caracas. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mujeres Pilotos Aviación Civíl Venezolana" (in Spanish). Mujeres Pilotos. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Hagedorn, Dan (2008). Conquistadors of the Sky: A History of Aviation in Latin America. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. ISBN 978-0-8130-3249-8.
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