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Question :
Who was the first woman to fly in a plane?
 
Answer :
On July 8, 1908, Frenchwoman Madame Therese Peltier became the first woman to fly as a passenger in an airplane when she is taken aloft by Frenchman Leon Delagrange in a Voisin biplane.

Sue Lurvey
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