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Bedriye Tahir Gökmen was an
Bedriye Tahir Gökmen was an aviator
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from Turkey
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. She was the first Turkish woman to earn a pilot license
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.
Life
Tahir trained at theVecihi Hürkuş
Vecihi Hürkuş (6 January 1896 – 16 July 1969) was a Turkish fighter pilot, aviation engineer and aviation pioneer. He built Turkey's first aircraft, the Vecihi K-VI, and founded the first civil flight school of the nation.
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Private Flying School and earned her license in 1933. However, her employer did not approve of her flying, and reduced her salary as a punishment. Nevertheless, she graduated from the flight school in 1934, and applied to the Undersecretary of the Air Force
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to get her license confirmed. The office sent a team of inspectors to the school, however, unfortunately due to an accident, the school did not have any aircraft available for Tahir to use to demonstrate her skills. The team did not return, and the school closed later the same year.
A Turkish parachutist
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, Abdurrahman Türkkuşu, gave her the nickname ''Gökmen Bacı'' ("Sister of the Blue Skies"). In 1934, when the Turkish Surname Law Surname law can refer to any law regulating the use of surnames.
Canada
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was introduced, she took the surname Gökmen.
See also
*Sabiha Gökçen
Sabiha Gökçen (; 22 March 1913 – 22 March 2001) was a Turkish aviator. During her flight career, she flew around 8,000 hours and participated in 32 different military operations. She was the world's first female fighter pilot, aged 23. As an ...
*Ahmet Ali Çelikten
Ahmet Ali Çelikten
in the official website of the Naval Air Base Command of the *
in the official website of the Naval Air Base Command of the *
Mehmet Fesa Evrensev
Mehmet Fesa Evrensev (1878, Istanbul - 9 April 1951, Istanbul) was the first Turkish Ottoman aircraft pilot and the first president of Turkish Airlines.
Biography
Fesa Evrensev was born in 1878 in the Gedikpaşa neighborhood of Istanbul. H ...
References
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