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that self-taught inventor/engineer E. Lilian Todd was the first woman to design and build an airplane, only 3 years after the Wright brothers’ first flight. However, she did not pilot the aircraft herself because she was denied a permit.

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Fun Fact: that self-taught inventor/engineer E. Lilian Todd was the first woman to design and build an airplane, only 3 years after the Wright brothers’ first flight. However, she did not pilot the aircraft herself because she was denied a permit.

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