Lilly Steinschneider

Lilly Helene Schneider stone - Wenckheim (born 13 January 1891 in Budapest, † March 28, 1975 in Nice ) was a Hungarian pilot.

As a second wife Austria -Hungary made ​​it in August 1912 with Karl Illner in Wiener Neustadt pilot's license. In front of her was only the Bohemian aviator Bozena Laglerová. In Hungary, she received a pilot's license with the number four.

Steinschneider - Wenckheim flew a Etrich pigeon. Previously, she was merely "ballast" in performance flights, as with Joseph Sablatnig on a flight and distance with Hans Vollmöller in a sustained flight, because at that time passengers were required in some disciplines.

Sensation they excited by their participation as a woman when flying meetings in 1913 at the airfield Aspern. Next to her, also took first the Frenchwoman Madame Palliers part.

She was married to Johann Graf Coudenhove- Kalergi. After her marriage she finished flying and lived with her husband for some time the Czech Republic, before she moved to the South of France.

In her honor, the Lilly Steinschneider Alley is named in Wiener Neustadt.