Isabel Rilvas

Isabel Rilvas
Born
Isabel Manuela Teixeira Bandeira de Melo

(1935-01-08)8 January 1935
Lisbon, Portugal
OccupationAcrobatic pilot
Known forInspiration for the founding of the Portuguese Paratroop Nurses

Isabel Manuela Teixeira Bandeira de Melo, also known as Isabel Rilvas, GOIH GCSI (born 8 January 1935) is a Portuguese former acrobatic pilot, known for being the first female parachutist in Portugal and the inspiration for the creation of the Portuguese Paratroop Nurses. She was the first acrobatic pilot in the Iberian Peninsula, broke the Portuguese record for flight without an engine and was the first Portuguese person to obtain a hot-air balloon licence.[1][2][3][4]

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  3. ^ "Mulheres conquistam boinas verdes". Diário de Notícias. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. ^ Rosa de Sousa Mota, Ana; Monteiro, Natividade (2015). "ISABEL RILVAS" (PDF). Faces de Eva. 33: 147–54. Retrieved 7 March 2023.