Marcelle Choisnet

Marcelle Hélène Choisnet (also known as Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard; 9 May 1914 – 14 July 1974) was a French aviator.[1][2]

Choisnet was born in Versailles, Yvelines, France, and worked as a seamstress. She became interested in aviation and started to take flying lessons however the cost proved prohibitive. Instead, she took up gliding.[1] Choisnet held a number of national and world records for gliding in both single-seater and twin-seater gliders, such as the world record for duration of flight for a woman, at 35 hours 3 minutes.[3]

In 1951, Choisnet was awarded the Lilienthal Gliding Medal.[4]

Choisnet died in a gliding accident at Chartres on 14 July 1974.[1] She was buried in the cemetery at Beynes, Yvelines.[2]

Choisnet married a fellow pilot, Jacques Gohard, and was sometimes known as Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard.[4]

References
  1. "J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche biographique n° 28". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  2. Catillon, Marcel (2004). Qui était qui?: mémorial aéronautique, Volume 2. Nouvelles Editions Latines. p. 54.
  3. Clement, Jean-Marie (October 2006). "Sailplane design and record flights". Technical Soaring. 30: 112–118.
  4. Naughton, Russell. "Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard (*-*), Pioneer Aviatrix". www.ctie.monash.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
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