Katherine Sui Fun Cheung
Katherine Cheung | |
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Image of Cheung in 1936 | |
| Born | Sui Fun Cheung December 12, 1904 |
| Died | September 2, 2003 (aged 98) |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills |
| Nationality | Chinese (naturalized American, 1936) |
| Education | Los Angeles Conservatory of Music |
| Known for | first Chinese woman to receive a pilot's license/Chinese-American woman to receive a commercial flying license in the United States |
| Aviation career | |
| Full name | Katherine Sui Fun Cheung |
| Flight license | 30 March 1932 |
Katherine Sui Fun Cheung (simplified Chinese: 张瑞芬; traditional Chinese: 張瑞芬; pinyin: Zhāng Ruìfēn; Jyutping: Zoeng1 Seoi6fan1; 1904–2003) was a Chinese aviator. She received one of the first private licenses issued to a Chinese woman and was the first Chinese woman to obtain an international flying license. She became an American citizen after obtaining her license.