Marie-Louise Driancourt

Marie-Louise Driancourt (née Martin, 1887–1914) was a pioneering French pilot.

[1][2] Marie-Louise Driancourt was born in Lyon, France in 1887, and later moved to Paris where she married and had three children.

On June 15, 1911 she received her pilot licence, becoming the sixth woman in the world (fifth in France) to do so.

For the remainder of the year she competed and participated in a number of exhibitions, including one in Pamplona, Spain, where she was commended for her achievements by Alphonso XIII.

[1] Driancourt was a member of the Aéroclub féminin la Stella, a women's flying club set up by Marie Surcouf in 1909.