In 1955, Yvonne van den Dool became the first woman to hold a Senior Commercial Pilot's Licence in South Africa.
She remained the only female pilot to do so for the next 17 years.
Born in Johannesburg in 1930, van den Dool began flying at the age of 19 and was forced to work for free, and to take on dangerous missions her male peers didn’t want, to achieve her dreams.
Brazilian parachute, hot air balloon, paraglide, hang glide, microlight, aeromodelling , paramotor, glider and aerobatics champions came together last month at the 1st Brazilian Airsports Champions Dinner.
Organising and running a world-class air sports event is now easier than ever before, thanks to the eNavigator system designed by FAI Global Technical Partner Noosphere Ventures, founded by Max Polyakov.
The cutting edge event management system, which continues to be developed by Noosphere in cooperation with the FAI, aims to provide everything needed to organise and host a successful sports competition.
