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Marcelle Choisnet was born on 9 May, 1914 in Oman, is a French aviator. Discover Marcelle Choisnet's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 9 May, 1914
Birthday 9 May
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Date of death 14 July, 1974
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Nationality Oman

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1914

Marcelle Hélène Choisnet (also known as Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard; 9 May 1914 – 14 July 1974) was a French aviator, the first woman to be awarded the Lilienthal Gliding Medal.

Marcelle Hélène Choisnet was born in Versailles, Yvelines, France on 9 May 1914.

Her father worked for SNCF, France's national state-owned railway company, and the family were not well off.

Choisnet was seriously injured in an accident at the age of nine, and took some years to recover.

She later worked as a seamstress.

She became interested in aviation and started to take flying lessons however the cost proved prohibitive.

1930

Instead, she took up gliding, training as a glider pilot in the late 1930s.

1940

She was a second lieutenant in the French Air Force in 1940-1942 but left the military after a period of training in France and Morocco.

After the Second World War, Choisnet achieved a number of national and international female gliding records, thirty French records and eleven world records, in the categories of time, distance and altitude, whether in both single or double seater gliders.These included:

1951

In 1951, Choisnet was awarded the Lilienthal Gliding Medal, the first woman to receive the award from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), based on the votes of delegates to the annual International Gliding Commission.

1960

Only six other women have received the award since, Pelagia Majewska (1960), Anne Burns (1966), Ann Welch (1970), Adela Dankowska (1975) Hana Zejdova (1999) and Gisela Weinreich (2020).

Choisnet married a fellow pilot, Jacques Gohard, and was sometimes known as Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard.

1974

Marcelle Hélène Choisnet died in a gliding accident at Chartres on 14 July 1974.

She was buried in the cemetery at Beynes, Yvelines.