On March 8, 1910—113 years ago today—Raymonde de Laroche, a former Parisian stage actress, became the first licensed female pilot in the world. Nine years later she was killed when the experimental aircraft she was flying dove into the ground.
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The incident occurred July 29 about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Charles Hew Crooks, 23, did not have a parachute, and his body was found in a backyard in the town of Fuquay-Varina.
We say miracles because they landed on ground without a parachute. The most famous free falling survival story is that of former air-hostess Vesna Vulovic. She survived a 33,000-ft fall from a plane without parachute in 1972.