Neta Snook
Pioneer Aviator
Died when: 95 years 37 days (1141 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Mary Anita "Neta" Snook Southern (February 14, 1896 – March 23, 1991) was a pioneer aviator who achieved a long list of firsts.She was the first woman aviator in Iowa, first woman student accepted at the Curtiss Flying School in Virginia, first woman aviator to run her own aviation business and first woman to run a commercial airfield.
Yet "Snooky", as her friends called her, was fated to be remembered for her relationship to Amelia Earhart.Her autobiography I Taught Amelia to Fly captures the essence of her fame and she is linked to Earhart, as her first instructor.
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