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Thérèse Peltier (1873 - 1926) was a French sculptor and aviator. Popularly believed to have been the first ever woman passenger in an airplane she should perhaps instead be recognised as the first woman to pilot a heavier-than-air craft.
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On 8 July 1908 Thérèse Peltier became the second woman passenger in an airplane; Mlle. P. Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie was the first woman passenger in an airplane on 31st May 1908.

Thérèse Peltier became the first woman to pilot an airplane sometime around 27 September 1908.