Margret Fusbahn
Margret Fusbahn (née Billwiller, 1907 – 2001), was a German aviator. She flew in airshows, undertook long-haul flights from Europe to Africa and in 1930, she broke the international altitude record for light-aircraft when she reached 15,900 feet.[1][2][3]
Fusbahn's husband, Ludwig Werner Fusbahn, was also an aviator. The pair were nicknamed "the flying couple".[1] The marriage ended in divorce in 1938 and Margret Fusbahn left Switzerland. She died in Portugal in 2001 as Rosa Margareta Rodriguez.
The town of Sindelfingen has a street named after her: Margret Fusbahn Straße.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Production, bücher.de IT and. "Margret Fußbahn und Ludwig Werner Fusbahn (eBook, PDF)". www.buecher.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- ^ Hoskins Frame, Lynne-Marie (1997). Forming and Reforming the New Woman in Weimar Germany. Berkeley: University of California. p. 171.
- ^ "Airway Age". Airway Age. 11: 726. 1930.