Four famous women pilots, seen here at the Royal Aero Club, 1932. Dame Mary Bailey, Lady Bailey, 1890 - 1960, nee Westenra. Irish aviator. Amelia Mary Earhart, 1897 - disappeared July 2, 1937. American aviation pioneer, author and the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amy Johnson, 1903 - disappeared 5 January 1941. Pioneering English female pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Winifred Evelyn Spooner, 1900 - 1933. English aviator. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.