Tao Jiali
Chinese aviator
Tao Jiali (Chinese: 陶佳莉; born 1986) is a Chinese fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force.
She was one of 35 high school students selected to join the People's Liberation Army Air Force as cadet pilots in July 2005. After four years of training at Aviation University and flight school, she became one of the 16 young women who graduated as fighter pilots.
References
"China's 1st batch of female jet fighter pilots to debut at National Day parade". April 2, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2009.
"Tao Jiali is first female astronaut candidate". July 2009.
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