Betty Greene

Not to be confused with Bettye Washington Greene.

Elizabeth Everts Greene (24 June 1920 – 10 April 1997), known as Betty Greene, was an American missionary pilot.

Greene was born in Seattle on 24 June 1920, and started taking flying lessons in 1936.^[1][2] She studied at the University of Washington and served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II.^[3]

Greene was a devout Presbyterian, and helped found Mission Aviation Fellowship.^[4] She made its first flight in 1946 when she transported two missionaries of Wycliffe Bible Translators in a Waco UPF-7 biplane to a remote jungle location in Mexico.^[1][5][3][6] Later that year she became the first woman to fly over the Andes mountains.^[7]

Greene died on 10 April 1997.^[4][8] She was inducted into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame in 2017.^[9]