Have you heard of Aida de Acosta? Few probably have, but even fewer did during her life. She was the first woman to fly a motorized aircraft. But due to “proper” young ladies never did such things, she kept it to herself until almost the mid-twentieth century. When Aida was a young girl on the streets of Paris, she saw an airship and the flying bug deeply bit her. She knew someday she would “soar” just like the man flying it. But she was not […]