Dolors Vives Rodon
Spanish pioneering aviator from Catalonia
Dolors Vives i Rodon, also Lolita Vives, (15 August 1909 – 12 June 2007) was a pioneering Spanish aviator. A founding member of the Club Aereo de Barcelona, in May 1935 she became the second Catalan woman to pilot an aircraft, receiving Licence No. 217 from the aeronautical authorities. During the Spanish Civil War, she flew for the Republican armed forces.
Biography
Born on 15 August 1909 in Valls, she moved with her parents to Barcelona when she was 12. Raised in a forward-looking family with a father who was a pharmacist, she attended the Institut de Cultura i Biblioteca Popular de la Dona (Cultural Institute of the Women's Popular Library) where the girls were taught to act independently.
Encouraged by her father, in 1932 she became a founding member of the Aero Club Popular de Barcelona. She soon learnt to fly, receiving her official licence in 1935. In 1936, she became president of the Aero Club. The same year, she was granted a licence to fly non-motorized aircraft.
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