Awards
- Amelia Earhart Gold Medal of Achievement
- Named Woman of the Year in Aviation
- Amelia Earhart Memorial Award {cn}
- Named Pilot of the Year by the National Pilots Association
- Fourth American to be awarded Gold Wings of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Paris, France
- Named Captain of Achievement by International Academy of Achievement
- Served five years as a consultant to the Federal Aviation Administration
- Honored by the government of Ecuador for pioneering new air routes over the Andes Mountains and Andes jungle
- 1973 Awarded Harmon International Trophy for "The Worlds Best Woman Pilot" by President Richard Nixon at a White House ceremony.
- Inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame as "the Most Outstanding Aviatrix in the US
- Received Pioneer Woman Award for her "courageous frontier spirit" flying all over the Amazon jungle serving primitive Indian tribes
- 1979 Bishop Wright Air Industry Award for her "humanitarian contributions to modern aviation".
- 2000 Inducted into "Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame".
- 2007 Honorary Doctor of Science degree from University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.
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