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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. [3]
Learn about Neta Snook Southern, the first licensed woman pilot in Iowa, who flew planes in Ames and California. Read her stories of flying adventures, challenges and achievements in the early days of aviation.
Mar 18, 2019 · Learn about the life and achievements of Neta Snook Southern, the first woman to run a commercial airfield and the first woman to fly a plane in California. She taught Amelia Earhart how to fly and tested planes for Donald W. Douglas, Sr.
Having completed 22,000 miles of the 27,000-mile trip, Earhart and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, disappeared over the Pacific on July 2, 1937. By the time of Earhart’s disappearance, Neta Snook Southern had been retired from flying for fifteen years. (She had left aviation in 1922 after her marriage to William Southern.)
Dec 31, 2014 · Neta Snook Southern, age 84, emerges from the Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft at Ames Research Center. Southern, one of the first women pilots, was Amelia Earharts flight instructor around the year 1920.
Dec 5, 2023 · Neta Snook was born on February 14, 1896, in Illinois but during her teens moved to Ames, Iowa with her family. Growing up her father interested Neta in driving, automobiles, things mechanical and fostered an ability to fix and make things.
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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.
