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The Katherine Cheung Story: How a Chinese American woman became a pilot in the 1930s

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By Daniel Green, Annie Nguyen, Olga Rojas, Sam Schwartz, Paris Wise, Robert Hernandez, Rafi Ileri Animashaun, Mari Young
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When she became the first Chinese woman to earn her pilot's license in the United States, she was part of the one percent of women pilots in the entire country -- and, as a woman of color, she was one percent of the one percent of women pilots. LOS ANGELES -- To say Katherine Sui Fun Cheung was a rarity in the 1930s is an understatement. In a time when Chinese women were expected to be meek and quiet, Katherine wasn't a typical pilot. She was a daredevil stunt pilot who raced planes.
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