Susana Ferrari Billinghurst


Susana Ferrari Billinghurst was an Argentine aviator of Italian, English, and Irish descent. She was the first woman in South America to earn a commercial pilot's license, in 1937.

Career

In 1937, Billinghurst became the first woman in South America to earn a commercial pilot's license. In 1940, she piloted an amphibious Sikorsky S-43 in a 4,000-mile trip from Panama to Argentina.
During the 1943 Revolution Day in Argentina, she entered the presidential house with a symbolic bouquet, getting from the new president a historical engagement in favour of women's rights, particularly in the aviation field.
In November 1943, she made a flight to Uruguay with two other aviators, officially representing the Argentine government.

Family

Billinghurst was the grandmother of actress Luciana Pedraza, who herself is married to Hollywood legend and Oscar winner Robert Duvall. She is also the granddaughter of British General Robert Billinghurst, the niece of Argentine aviator Lisandro Billinghurst, and cousin of Guillermo Billinghurst, who was the president of Peru.
The city of Billinghurst is named after her grandfather Mariano Billinghurst.
Her ancestor Sir Nicholas Woodroffe served as Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament for London.
She is a direct descendant of Henry III of England, King of England.

Lineage

O. John, King of England
I. Henry III King of England
II. Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster,
III. Henry, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster
IV. Eleanor of Lancaster, Countess of Arundel
V. Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont,
VI. John Beaumont, 4th Baron
VII. Elizabeth Beaumont
VIII. Margaret Baroness Botreaux
IX. Eleanor Hungerford
X. Robert White
XI. Margaret White
XII. Stephen Kirton
XIII. Griseld Kirton
XIV. Sir David Woodruff
XV. Robert Woodruff
XVI. Sir George Woodruff
XVII. Robert Woodruff
XVIII. Lettice Woodruff
XIX. Rev. William Billinghurst
XX. Robert Billinghurst
XXI. Mariano Billinghurst
XXII. Lisandro Billinghurst
XXIII. Rosa Billinghurst
XXIV. Susana Ferrari-Billinghurst