FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WAS THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO FLY IN AN AIRPLANE WHILE IN OFFICE.
LESS WELL-KNOWN IS THE FACT THAT FLORENCE HARDING, THE WIFE OF WARREN G. HARDING, WAS THE FIRST FIRST LADY TO FLY IN A PLANE.
WHAT WAS SO UNUSUAL ABOUT FLORENCE HARDING'S FLYING HABITS?
AN EARLY CRUSADER FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS, FLORENCE HARDING REFUSED TO FLY IN AN AIRPLANE UNLESS IT HAD A WOMAN PILOT.
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