Becky Frater

{{Short description|Helicopter pilot and hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

Becky Frater is a helicopter pilot and hockey player. Frayer was educated at Westcliff High School for Girls.{{cite web|url=https://www.airshows.co.uk/reports/uk/2010/southend-air-festival/|title=Southend Air Festival May 2010|publisher=UK Airshow Review|access-date=29 January 2021}} Frater trained to be a teacher but in 1997 she joined the Army. She was the first woman to command a naval air squadron in the Royal Navy,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-23160073 |title=RAF Shawbury helicopter squadron's first female Lt Cdr|website=BBC News|date=3 July 2013|access-date=29 January 2021}} the first pilot of the Lynx attack helicopter "Maritime Attack"{{cite web|url=https://www.pukaarnews.com/first-women-portrait-exhibition-to-open-in-leicester/20421/|title='FIRST WOMEN' PORTRAIT EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN LEICESTER|publisher=Pukaar News|date=10 September 2019|access-date=29 January 2021}} and the first female member of the Black Cats display team.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/7492990/Former-teacher-to-become-first-female-Black-Cats-pilot.html|title=Former teacher to become first female Black Cats pilot|publisher=The Telegraph|date=22 May 2010|access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/164372/Royal-Navy-s-woman-stunt-pilot/|title=Royal Navy's woman stunt pilot|publisher=The Express|date=22 March 2010|access-date=29 January 2021}} She is a keen hockey player and has played for England. In 2019 Frater was one of 100 women who were chosen for a photographic exhibition in Leicester highlighting women who had completed firsts.