Jane Herveu: Difference between revisions

▲'''Jeanne Aline Herveux''', generally known as '''Jane Herveu''', (1885–1955) was a pioneering French aviator who obtained her pilot's licence on 7 December 1910.<ref name=ebjh>{{cite web|url=http://www.earlyaviators.com/eherveux.htm|title=Jeanne Herveux 1885-1955|publisher=The Early Birds of Aviation|accessdate=26 December 2016 |language=}}</ref><ref name=tarbes>{{cite web|url=http://www.aerobigorre.org/bia/download/histoire_les_femmes_et_l_aviation.pdf|title=Les femmes et l'aéronautique|publisher=Aérodrome de Tarbes-Laloubère|accessdate=26 December 2016 |language=French}}</ref>

▲Born on 10 December 1885 in [[Paris]],<ref name=archives>''Archives de l’état civil de Paris en ligne'', acte de naissance {{n°|19/3629/1885}}. Mention marginale : mariage en 1913 avec Paul Boulzaguet</ref> she was first known as an automobile exhibition driver, performing at the [[Crystal Palace]] in London and taking part in car and motorcycle races at various locations in France.<ref name=ebjh/>

▲After training at the flying school in Mourmelon, she received French Licence No. 318 on 7 December 1910, becoming the fourth woman in France to be licensed after [[Elise Deroche]], [[Marthe Niel]] and [[Marie Marvingt]]. From 28 May to 8 June 1911 she appeared at the flying exhibition in [[Lyon]]. After several other appearances, she competed in the Femina Cup in 1911 but did not win. She opened a flying school for women but it was not successful.<ref name=ebjh/><ref name=tarbes/>