Rita Maiburg

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rita Maiburg
Occupation	Aircraft Pilot
Date Of Birth	Jun 23, 1952(1952-06-23)
Age	72
Date Of Death	September 9, 1977, Greven, Germany
Birthplace	Bonn
Country	Germany
Birth City	North Rhine-Westphalia
Horoscope	Cancer

Rita Maiburg Biography

Rita Maiburg is one of the most popular and richest Aircraft Pilot who was born on June 23, 1952 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Rita Maiburg (23 June 1952 – 9 September 1977) was a German airline pilot. She was the world’s first female captain of a commercial passenger airliner.

In 1977 Maiburg was involved in a car accident and died of her injuries. She was 25 years old.

Rita Maiburg Net Worth

Rita Maiburg is one of the richest Aircraft Pilot from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rita Maiburg 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maiburg, born in Bonn in 1952, was the oldest of four children of architects Alois and Gertrud Maiburg. She attended primary and high school in Bonn, graduating in 1968. She began learning to fly in 1967 and two years later earnt her private pilot license at the Luftfahrerschule North-Rhine Westphalia in Bonn-Hangelar. She took a job at the Federal Institute for Air Traffic Control in Bonn and applied to the German airline Lufthansa for a position in the airline’s pilot training programme. The airline declined her application as it did not hire women as pilots. In 1974 Maiburg filed civil suits against both the airline and the state (as majority shareholder of the airline), claiming this was unfair discrimination. She lost both suits. She was hired, though, by a smaller regional airline, Deutsche Luftverkehrsgesellschaft (DLT), as a co-pilot. Shortly after she was promoted to captain and became the first female captain of a commercial passenger airliner.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Rita Maiburg Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Colton Ranked on the list of most popular Aircraft Pilot. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Rita Maiburg celebrates birthday on June 23 of every year.