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"It was 1911 when small town girl Harriet Quimby moved from Michigan to New York. Inspired by the challenge of flying an "aeroplane," Quimby took flying lessons and on August 1, 1911, became the first American woman to get her pilot's license. In the 100 years since, women have gone on to fly around the world and launch into space. But despite these advancements, aviation continues to be a male-dominated field."

Why are there so few women pilots in America? In fact, only six-percent of those holding pilot certificates are female. Why is the number of women pilots so abysmally low? Thanks to research grant support partially provided by the Wolf Aviation Fund, some of the answers are to be found right here at "Teaching Women to Fly."

The Women Fly Project with online products just for women flyers. The Your Stories button encourages sharing photos and words about the joy and enthusiasm for flying.

Pilots at Renton Municipal Airport in Washington state took 170 women and girls on introductory flights Dec. 5, and the airport is now recognized by the Centennial of Licensed Women Pilots for introducing the most girls and women to flying in one day.

Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to earn a pilot certificate on March 8, 1910. Goyer launched the events in 2010 to celebrate the centennial and to encourage more women to become pilots by introducing a record number of nonpilot girls and women to flying during the year.

"'Girls With Wings' is a reality based broadcast series (including content for web and mobile) and feature length documentary film about women who fly. This is the place where you will meet the coolest, smartest, sexiest and most adventurous women on the planet. Other women talk about their dreams and fantasies, 'Girls With Wings' live them every day. 'Girls With Wings' will help to inspire the next generation of women pilots!"

"I love to fly. I've flown in jetliners, in sailplanes, in balloons, in helicopters, in gyro- planes, in small airplanes, and in antique aerobatic airplanes. But more than any other type of flying, I love ultralight-type flying."

Official website of the Centennial of Licensed Women Pilots. Great international network to share your enthusiasm and outreach efforts to promote more women in aviation. Interesting history of women in aviation. 2011 is the 100th anniversary of the first American female licensed pilot, Harriet Quimby, on August 1, 1911.

"Women Fly Resource Center. Our goal is to share some of the inspiring and amazing stories of over a century of women's contributions in aviation. We want to gather their stories of courage and determination with the hope that it will inspire you to follow your own dreams."

"I fly because every time I get in my airplane I am pushing myself to become a better version of myself. Flying requires you to be a good listener, detail-oriented, and build a value system which is constantly requiring you to evaluate your skill and accept constructive criticism from others. It has built faith in myself and has allowed me to listen to that voice inside which says this is a blast and shows me what I am capable of. I want to be that encourager of other girls and women who think that aviation is something that could be fun to be a part of but never give it a second thought."

"Sheila Scott, above, pictured with her Piper Aztec Mythre. According to GRIN, in 1971 Scott became the first person to fly over the North Pole in a single engine plane. She was carrying NASA equipment for a communications experiment testing the Interrogation Recording and Location System (IRLS) of the Nimbus polar orbiting satellite. Jerrie Cobb with Mercury capsule. Image courtesy NASA. Jerrie Cobb (left) hoped to be an astronaut for the Mercury program. Cobb and twenty-four other women underwent physical tests similar to those undergone by the Mercury astronauts."

women of aerobatic flying. Women like Patty Wagstaff, U.S. National Aerobatic Champion and inductee to the National Aviation Hall of Fame, Betty Skelton-Frankman, the U.S. Feminine Aerobatic Champion in 1948, 1949 and 1950.

"Developing excellence in women pilots necessitates studying gender differences in learning to fly. Once flight instructors become aware of these differences, they are better able to minimize women's weaknesses and build their strengths. "

Story of a remarkable young women who learned to fly [close black window by clicking on x in top right of black box overlaying the article]

"I first started thinking about airplanes and flying when I was about 12. We lived next door to an airline pilot and I thought that his job was really cool. My sister became a pilot first and she convinced me that I should also learn to fly. After she became an instructor she helped me earn my instrument rating and eventually I too became an instructor. I now hold Single and Multi- engine, Instrument, Certificated Flight Instructor, Advanced Ground Instructor ratings, and a Master Instructor accreditation."

"Alice du Pont Mills - pilot's license in 1929 at 18. 1934 flew to South America, up the Amazon River, south to Rio de Janeiro. WW II, taught instrument flying to Navy airmen, and to women ferry pilots

"Hazel Lee (1912-1944) - Aviation Pioneer" Experienced women pilots, like Lee, were eager to join the WASP, and responded to interview requests by Cochran. Members of the WASP reported to Avenger Field, in wind swept Sweetwater, Texas for an arduous 6-month training program. Lee was accepted into the 4th class, 43 W 4. Hazel Ying Lee was the first Chinese American woman to fly for the United States military.

Amelia Earhart - first women to fly across the Atlantic and the Pacific, participated in the first Women's Air Derby, founder of the Ninety-Nines. During an attempted around-the-world flight at the Equator, vanished near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean in 1937

Special links and information that honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII.

"Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie received the first federal pilot's license to be issued to a woman as well as the first female to receive an aircraft mechanics license. She was a member of the Glenn Messer Flying Circus where she developed and performed a double parachute drop. She was a wing walker and stunt flyer for the Perils of Pauline film series and set many aviation records. Omlie was also FDR's pilot during his 1932 campaign. She then served as a liaison between the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the Bureau of Air Commerce among many other accomplishments in aviation. "