Neta Snook was born on February 14, 1896 in Illinois and was a pioneering pilot. She was the first woman to fly a plane in the state of Illinois and was a member of the Ninety-Nines, an organization of female pilots. She had a successful career in aviation and was an inspiration to many. Her net worth, biography, age, height, family and career updates can be found online.
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Pioneering aviatrix who opened her own flight school and counted among her first students a young Amelia Earhart.
She was initially rejected by the Curtiss Flying School, but when her second-choice school closed halfway through her studies, she re-applied to Curtiss and was accepted.
She was the first female Iowan to take to the skies; the first woman to train at the Curtiss Flying School; and the first woman to establish a commercial airfield.
She grew up in Mount Carroll, Illinois, where her childhood love of mechanics was nurtured by her father.
She was invited to fly a replica of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis in 1977.
