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Most McKeesporters know about Helen Richey Field in Renziehausen Park, but few could tell you that it was named for a record-breaking aviation pioneer.
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- Renzie Park, McKeesport, 15132
Helen Richey Field. Home field for McKeesport (Colt & Super Colt baseball) Home. Leagues & Schedules.
Helen Richey (November 21, 1909 – January 7, 1947) was a pioneering female aviator and the first woman to be hired as a pilot by a commercial airline in the United States.
Despondent and ill, Helen Richey took her own life on August 7, 1947. At her funeral service in McKeesport's Versailles Cemetery, four airplanes from Bettis Airfield circled overhead in tribute to her.
Aug 1, 2002 · A decade later, when pioneering female aviator Helen Richey took an overdose of sleeping pills and died alone and nearly penniless in 1947, the nation took little notice. Richey, too, laid claim to many aviation firsts.
The ˜eld is named for Helen Richey, the world's ˜rst female commercial airline pilot and a native McKeesport-er. On Saturday, following a special invitation-only reception, the nearby McKeesport Heritage Center will begin a year-long celebration of Richey's life in anticipation of what would have been her 100th birthday next November.
