Maryse Bastié

Maryse Bastié (* 1898, † July 15, 1952, born Marie -Louise Bombec ) was a French aviation pioneer. From their compatriots the Rekordfliegerin time runner in the firmament of the skies sprinter or our heaven - trump was called.

Life

Maryse Bastié acquired in 1928 as the first French driver's license for passenger aircraft and introduced in the 1930s, eight world records. In 1929, she made ​​the first time talked about, when she and 26 hours 48 minutes aufstellte the solo flight duration record for women and this a year later increased to 37 hours 55 minutes.

On June 28, 1931, she launched her first long haul flight, which led them across the north of France and Germany to Russia in a 40 -hp Caudron of Paris. Without stopover she reached Urino in Nizhny Novgorod, which was the non-stop long-distance world record for women and made ​​them internationally known so that they could live from the aviation and advertising revenue in the future.

In 1934 she flew the first woman Paris - Tokyo and back. After Jean Batten, from New Zealand, the first woman flew over the southern Atlantic Ocean, Bastié wanted to fly the same route in a better time. In September 1936, she launched into a Caudron "Simon" monoplane from Paris to Dakar to Natal ( Brazil), which they reached five minutes in 12 hours, so they undercut their rival for a good hour. The average speed was 260 km / h On their return to France, she was appointed an Officer of the French Legion of Honour.

In the 1930s she worked as a sales director for a engine and aircraft manufacturers. During World War II Bastié served in the French Air Force ( supply relay) under General de Gaulle.

The efficient pilot who flew their lives without serious accidents, came in 1952 as a passenger in an airplane crash.

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