1. Early life and education

2. Flying

3. Lawsuits

4. References

Early life and education

Wang's parents were professors involved in aerospace research at the Harbin Institute of Technology.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} They withheld permission for Wang to become a flight attendant for Air China, feeling it more appropriate that Wang attend university and study computer science, which she did for two years before leaving to pursue a career in advertising.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

After obtaining a degree in journalism and advertising from Xiamen University {{citation needed|date=March 2019}} and spending fifteen years in strategic communications with global advertising agencies, {{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Wang relocated to the United States with her husband and daughter in September 2010,^[12] obtained a driver's license and then began flying in March 2011. She obtained her private pilot's certificate in July 2011 and by late 2012 had become a multi-engine, instrument-rated commercial pilot.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} In 2013, she earned each of the three available flight instructor ratings (CFI, CFII and MEI) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and became the first Chinese citizen to earn an FAA flight instructor certificate and hold all three flight instructor ratings.^[13]{{better source|date=March 2019}} In April 2016, Wang became the first Chinese citizen to be approved by the FAA as a chief instructor for a Part 141 flight training provider. .{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

Flying

In September 2016, Wang completed a solo circumnavigation of the globe in a single piston-engine airplane, becoming the first Chinese person to fly an airplane solo around the world.^[5][14][15] She departed westbound from Addison, Texas on August 17, 2016, and paused in California to have ferry tanks installed and obtain FAA approvals for the aircraft modifications. She departed from Merced, California on September 2, 2016, and made stops in Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, Guam, the Philippines, China, Thailand, India, the UAE, Greece, Malta, Portugal, the Azores and Newfoundland, before returning to Texas on September 19, thirty-three days later.^[3] {{better source|date= March 2019}}Wang made the flight in a normally-aspirated Cirrus SR22 modified to hold extra fuel, and covered over {{Convert|38500|mi|nmi|abbr=off}} in 155 flying hours, over eighteen flight days, flying over or landing in 24 countries. Her longest leg was from Merced, California to Honolulu, Hawaii, covering 2,160 nautical miles in 13.8 hours. Her longest day involved the legs from Lisbon, Portugal to Santa Maria Island in the Azores and then from Santa Maria to St. Johns, Newfoundland, which required her to remain awake for 29 hours. {{citation needed |date = March 2019}}

On November 1, 2016, at Airshow China 2016 in Zhuhai, after the bona fides of the flight were vetted and approved by representatives of AOPA China, AOPA China's President Zhang Feng presented Wang with a replica bank draft for 1,000,000 Yuan Renminbi (about $150,000)^[16] representing the 1,000,000 Yuan Renminbi prize AOPA China will award to Wang for being the first Chinese woman pilot to complete an around-the-world flight. {{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

On November 7, 2016, Wang was presented the key to the City of West Palm Beach by Mayor Jerrie Muoio and the Commissioners of the City of West Palm Beach at a ceremony conducted at a regular session of the Commission at the Commission Chambers at the West Palm Beach City Hall.^[17] In December 2017, Wang was a featured speaker at the Harvard Business Review/SHE Power annual event in Shanghai, China, where the theme was "redefining the leadership role of women." {{ better source|date= March 2019}}

In January 2018, Wang was a featured speaker at the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo where she addressed an audience at the Expo's Young Aviator's Zone (YAZ) on "Inspiring Young Women and Aviators to Achieve their Dreams."^[18]

In March 2018, London-based Netflights honored Wang with a spot on its list of the "Top 10 Inspiring Women in Aviation of All Time."^[19]

In July 2018, Flying Solo, a documentary short about Wang's solo circumnavigation flight, produced and directed by Ed Moy, screened during the 4th Annual "Filmed in Broward" Mini-Fest, and audiences picked their favorites to be screened during the 2018 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF). Flying Solo was in November screened during the 2018 FLIFF at Cinema Paradiso in Hollywood, Florida, and was also screened at the Chinese American Film Festival in New York. In November, the film was an "Official Selection" at the 14th Annual Chinese American Film Festival 2018 in Los Angeles.^[20]{{better source|date=March 2019}} {{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

In August 2018, Wang was included on Travel Daily Media's list of "12 Iconic Women in Aviation," celebrating National Aviation Day in the United States.^[21]

Lawsuits

Chen Wei, the first Chinese aviator to circumnavigate the globe, put up a prize of 1 million yuan for the first Chinese woman to do so, and in August 2016 another female Chinese pilot, Jingxian Chen, was reported to be part way through completing the journey, aiming to win the prize.^[22] Chen claimed to have completed her flight first and filed a lawsuit against Wang in Beijing, China. Wang's legal representative made a statement saying Chen had made false claims, threatening to sue.^[23][24]

In 2017, Wang and China General Aviation LLC jointly filed a lawsuit to New York County Supreme Court against Chen. The case was dismissed on the basis that the Court did not have jurisdiction.^[25]

In 2018, Wang filed a lawsuit in New York County Supreme Court against Ninety-Nines, a female aviators' organization, saying that they had falsely represented to the public that Chen was the first Asian woman to circumnavigate the globe solo, while having two male pilots on board, and finishing her flight ten days after Wang's was completed.^[27] In July 2018, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan denied Wang's motion to remand the action to the state court.^[28] In February 2019, the parties indicated to the magistrate that they had reached a settlement.^[29]

References

• Raditaz
• Raditaz.com
• Raditya Dika
• Raditya dika
• Raditz (Dragon Ball)
• RADI UAV
• Radium-223 chloride
• Radium-223-Chloride
• Radium-223 dichloride
• Radium (223Ra) chloride
• Radium (223Ra) dichloride
• Radium, and other radioactive substances
• Radium, British Columbia
• Radium clock
• Radium-dial
• Radium E
• Radium emanation
• Radium Express
• Radium Express (air charter)
• Radium Express (disambiguation)
• Radium Express (ship)
• Radium Express (ship, 1939)
• Radium Futebol Clube
• Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia
• Radium Institute