Maria Georgieva Atanа̀sova (December 26, 1926 — April  11, 2000) Maria is a Bulgarian pilot, the world's first female commander of heavy airplane, the first Bulgarian civilian pilot. She was born in Kalekovets, Plovdiv region on December 26, 1926. In 1950 she graduated from the first group of female-pilots of the Higher National Air Defense School in […]

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