Maria Josep Colomer i Luque

Maria Josep Colomer i Luque
Colomer in January 1931
Born(1913-03-31)31 March 1913
Died24 May 2004(2004-05-24) (aged 91)
Known forAviator

Maria Josep Colomer i Luque (31 March 1913 – 24 May 2004),[1] better known as Mari Pepa Colomer,[2][3] was one of the pioneers of Spanish aviation. She was the first female flight instructor in Spain and the first Catalan woman (third Spanish woman) to earn a pilot's license.

She fought in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, and went into exile after the war, never flying again.

  1. ^ "Maria Josep Colomer i Luque". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Enciclopèdia Catalana. (in Catalan)
  2. ^ "Mari Pepa Colomer, primera española que pilotó aviones" (in Spanish). EL PAÍS. 26 May 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Mari Pepa Colomer, la primera aviadora catalana". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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