Irene McFarland

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Irene McFarland was an American aviator and the first woman to join the Caterpillar Club for having made a safe landing using a parachute in 1925.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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^ "Caterpillar Club Members in Army Air Corps Gallery". Evening Star. 1 May 1927. p. 75.
^ "McFarland, Irene (fl. 1925)", Dictionary of Women Worldwide, 2006, retrieved 26 December 2023 – via Encyclopedia.com
^ Martin, Douglas (9 December 2002). "Fay Gillis Wells, 94, Aviator and Journalist". The New York Times.
^ Brooks-Pazmany, Kathleen L. (1983). United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929 (PDF). Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-87474-709-6.

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[1] "Caterpillar Club Members in Army Air Corps Gallery". Evening Star. 1 May 1927. p. 75.

[2] "McFarland, Irene (fl. 1925)", Dictionary of Women Worldwide, 2006, retrieved 26 December 2023 – via Encyclopedia.com

[3] Martin, Douglas (9 December 2002). "Fay Gillis Wells, 94, Aviator and Journalist". The New York Times.

[4] Brooks-Pazmany, Kathleen L. (1983). United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929 (PDF). Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-87474-709-6.

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