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Turi Widerøe
Turi Widerøe (born 23 November 1937) was the worlds first female commercial air pilot for a major airline. The daughter of aviator Viggo Widerøe, (who founded, which today is Scandinavia's largest regional airline Widerøe), she was originally educated as a book designer. She later took a pilot's education, and, employed by Scandinavian Airlines System, became the first female pilot in a major airline in the western world. After ending her flight career she worked for numerous cultural institutions such as the Norwegian
Widerøe (disambiguation)
Widerøe is a Norwegian regional airline.
Widerøe may also refer to:
- People
- Rolf Widerøe (1902–1996), a Norwegian accelerator physicist
- Turi Widerøe (born 1937), a Norwegian aviator
- Viggo Widerøe (1904–2002), a Norwegian aviator and founder of the airline
- Other
- Mount Widerøe in Antarctica
- Widerøe Polar, an aircraft
See also.
- Viderø
- Viderøe
- Widerø