First Woman Hot Air Balloon Pilot. Piccard was the first licensed female balloon pilot in the US and the first woman to fly to the stratosphere. The Montgolfier brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne discovered in 1782 that heated air when collected in a lightweight paper or fabric bag would cause the bag to rise in the air.
Captain Joyce Beckwith an hotelier by training became the first Kenyan woman hot air balloon pilot in 2018 when she attained her commercial pilot license CPL. On Monday April 20 1998 Debbie Harding Rick Schimpf and Joe Wolff flew their hot air balloon over the North Pole. Be brave and go out of your comfort zone to find something you love says Joyce Wairimu Beckwith aka Captain Smiles.
Captain Joyce Beckwith an hotelier by training became the first Kenyan woman hot air balloon pilot in 2018 when she attained her commercial pilot license CPL.
The event April 12-25th 1998 was an International hot air balloon expedition to the North Pole. On Monday April 20 1998 Debbie Harding Rick Schimpf and Joe Wolff flew their hot air balloon over the North Pole. Piccard was the first licensed female balloon pilot in the US and the first woman to fly to the stratosphere. First Females in the Sky The first female to leave the earths surface was Elizabeth Thible of Lyons France and she accomplished this feat by floating over a mile above the ground in a hot-air balloon in 1784.
