Patty Willis

{{short description|American aviator}}

Patricia Ann Willis (January 6, 1910 – August 1, 1985){{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5180&h=6628174&tid|title=Patricia Ann Seely (Willis) in the California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997|access-date=July 5, 2021}}[https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/1215/30/1930-women-aviation-patricia-ann_1_59361a20ffccb56fd7a5378b7c5ade3f.jpg Worthpoint.com]. Retrieved 28 May 2019. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527165105/https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/1215/30/1930-women-aviation-patricia-ann_1_59361a20ffccb56fd7a5378b7c5ade3f.jpg |date=27 May 2019 }} was a pioneering American woman aviator.

History

Willis was born in Moline, Illinois, and wanted to fly from an early age. She attended Belmont High School, and went to the School of Art in Los Angeles.

On 16 June 1929, at 19, she received her pilot's licence.

She wanted to enter the 1929 Women's Air Derby but was unable to obtain an aircraft."Breaking Through the Clouds", Archetypal Images documentary, 2015

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