Phoebe Omlie and The Monocoupe airplane, undated

Phoebe Omlie, aviatrix, and The Monocoupe airplane, which was Mono Aircraft Company\u27s Monocoupe 90 light aircraft. Image by Connert Photo, undated. Phoebe Omlie was noted for her accomplishments as an early female aviator. Omlie was the first woman to receive an airplane mechanic\u27s license, the first licensed female transport pilot, and the first woman to be appointed to a federal position in the aviation field. In 1922 she married her instructor, Vernon Cleophas Omlie (1895-1936), a talented pilot who has been an instructor during the war, while both were working for the Curtiss Field in Minneapolis. In 1925, the couple moved to Memphis, Tennessee, leasing the Millington airfield to establish a flying school and a chartered commercial air service. Vernon would later become the manager of Memphis Municipal Airport. During the Mississippi flood in 1927, Vernon and Phoebe flew rescue missions.https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-phoebefomlie1/1000/thumbnail.jp