Denise Moore
Denise Moore, was the pseudonym of Jane Wright, an aviation pioneer. She was the first known female aviator to die in a flight accident.Biography
Jane Wright was either of British ancestry or of American ancestry. Before coming to France in 1911, she lived in Algiers, then a part of France. She was the widow of Denis Cornesson. She flew in France under the name Denise Moore to hide her flying career from her family.
Wright died in Étampes, France when she fell 150 feet from an inverted aircraft. She was the first woman aviator to die in a plane accident. At the time, she was learning to fly at the Henry Farman Aviation School.
