PART 1: Pioneers of aviation. "Bird Woman" / Baroness de Laroche ; First woman to fly across the English Channel / Harriet Quimby ; Queen Bess / Bessie Coleman ; The woman who taught Amelia to fly / Neta Snook -- PART 2 : The golden age of flight. The most famous female aviator in the world / Amelia Earhart ; Women's Air Derby winner / Louise Thaden ; From service station to airfield / Bobbi Trout ; The Flying Flapper of Freeport / Elinor Smith ; Nothing could stop her from flying / Edna Gardner Whyte ; The first licensed Asian American woman pilot / Katherine Cheung ; African bush pilot crosses Atlantic / Beryl Markham ; Integrating the US Armed Forces / Willa Brown -- PART 3 : Wartime and military flying. Women pilots can make a difference / Jacqueline Cochran ; Determined WASP / Violet Cowden ; The Soviet Amelia Earhart / Valentina Grizodubova ; The world's first female test pilot / Hanna Reitsch -- PART 4 : All part of the job. Stunt flyer extraordinaire / Pancho Barnes ; Airline pilot captains / Lynn Rippelmeyer & Beverly Burns ; Air safety investigator / Wally Funk ; Aerobatic firefighter / Patty Wagstaff ; Polar bush pilot / Ingrid Pedersen -- PART 5 : Making a difference. Relief Wings in times of disaster / Ruth Nichols ; Promoting world friendship through flying / Fay Gillis Wells ; Helicopter flying for charity / Jennifer Murray ; Teaching children to fly / Ida Van Smith ; Missionary pilot / Jerrie Cobb.
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