Elizabeth Everts Greene (24 June 1920 – 10 April 1997), known as Betty Greene, was an American missionary pilot.
Greene was born in Seattle on 24 June 1920, and started taking flying lessons in 1936.[1][2] She studied at the University of Washington and served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II.[3]
Greene was a devout Presbyterian, and helped found Mission Aviation Fellowship.[4] She made its first flight in 1946 when she transported two missionaries of Wycliffe Bible Translators in a Waco UPF-7 biplane to a remote jungle location in Mexico.[1][5][3][6] Later that year she became the first woman to fly over the Andes mountains.[7]
Greene died on 10 April 1997.[4][8] She was inducted into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame in 2017.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b "Betty Greene". Mission Aviation Fellowship. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Wickham, Laura. "The True Story of Betty Greene, the First Missionary Aviation Pilot". The Good Book Company. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ a b Tucker, Ruth A. (2011). From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-310-83062-7.
- ^ a b "Betty Greene, former Medina resident, honored for wartime service". Bellevue Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "MAF's Very First Flight". Mission Aviation Fellowship. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ ""A Gal, A Plane & A Dream"". Wheaton College. March 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Howat, Irene (2007). Ten Girls Who Made History. Christian Focus Publications. p. 128.
- ^ Solomon, Chris (16 April 1997). "Betty Greene, 76; Pioneer Aviatrix, Missionary And A Lady To Her Core". Seattle Times. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "WAI 2017 Pioneer Hall of Fame Inductees". Women in Aviation International. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
Further reading edit
- Betty Greene with Dietrich Buss, Flying High: The amazing story of Betty Greene and the early years of Mission Aviation Fellowship, Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, Inc., 2002.