Margaret Ringenberg (née Ray; June 17, 1921 – July 28, 2008) was an American aviator, who had logged more than 40,000 hours of flying time during her career.

[2] During an interview with Brokaw she said, “I started out flying because I wanted to be a stewardess—you call them flight attendants nowadays—and I thought ‘what if the pilot gets sick or needs help?

[6] Ringenberg's autobiography Girls Can’t Be Pilots, written with Jane L. Roth was published by Daedalus Press in 1998 (ISBN 0-9661859-0-0).

In addition to her autobiography, Ringenberg's daughter, Marsha Wright, wrote a biography of her mother in 2007 called Maggie Ray: World War II Air Force Pilot (ISBN 0-9790446-8-5).

Ringenberg died in her sleep of natural causes on July 28, 2008, while attending the Experimental Aircraft Association annual airshow.