Sheila Christine Scott OBE was an English aviator who broke over 100 aviation records through her long-distance flight endeavours, which included a 34,000-mile (55,000 km) "world and a half" flight in 1971. On this flight, she became the first person to fly over the North Pole in a small aircraft. She was also the first European woman to fly solo around the world.
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- April 27, 1922
- Died
- October 20, 1988
