Betty Greene

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Elizabeth Everts Greene (24 June 1920 – 10 April 1997), known as Betty Greene, was an American missionary pilot.

Greene was born in Seattle on 24 June 1920, and started taking flying lessons in 1936. [1] [2] She studied at the University of Washington and served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II. [3]

Greene was a devout Presbyterian, and helped found Mission Aviation Fellowship. [4] She made its first flight in 1946 when she transported two missionaries of Wycliffe Bible Translators in a Waco UPF-7 biplane to a remote jungle location in Mexico. [1] [5] [3] [6] Later that year she became the first woman to fly over the Andes mountains. [7]

Greene died on 10 April 1997. [4] [8] She was inducted into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame in 2017. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Betty Greene". Mission Aviation Fellowship . Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. Wickham, Laura. "The True Story of Betty Greene, the First Missionary Aviation Pilot". The Good Book Company . Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. 1 2 Tucker, Ruth A. (2011). From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. p. 387. ISBN   978-0-310-83062-7.
  4. 1 2 "Betty Greene, former Medina resident, honored for wartime service". Bellevue Reporter . Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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  6. ""A Gal, A Plane & A Dream"". Wheaton College. March 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  7. Howat, Irene (2007). Ten Girls Who Made History. Christian Focus Publications. p. 128.
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  9. "WAI 2017 Pioneer Hall of Fame Inductees". Women in Aviation International. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

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