A few days ago she told you about the collection of Fighter Jets from Editorial Planeta DeAgostini and I remembered reading something about a German aviator who volunteered to test the first jet planes… Hannah Reitsch (1912-1979) was a German aviator famous for obtaining several sports records, for her militant affiliation with the Nazi party and, above all, for her contributions as a test pilot in the Luftwaffe.> 
Hannah Reitsch
Although she enrolled in medicine at the University of Berlin, to follow in her father's footsteps, she soon dropped out to focus on what she loved best…flying. Due to the limitations imposed on Germany after World War I she – she could not manufacture war planes – she began to fly gliders, becoming a gliding instructor and participated as a double in the risk scenes of some movie.
But that seemed too easy for her, so she began to test herself and compete: she set more than 40 world records for height and speed, which have not yet been equaled by any other woman . Her friendship with senior Nazi leaders and her daring allowed her to become a test pilot for the «Nazi inventions «:
- Focke-Wulf Fw 61 :experimental helicopter. Based on the autogyro designed by the Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva and built on a biplane. Hannah made several demonstrations in 1938 during the Berlin Motor Show.
- Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet :the world's first jet plane. Although it would be replaced by the Messerschmitt Me 262.
- Selbstopfer-Flugzeuge :German suicide plane. She participated in the development of this prototype, by way of the Japanese version (Yokosuka MXY-7), although Hitler finally scrapped this project.
She received the Iron Cross -the first and one of only two women to obtain it- and the Aerial Gold Distinction with Diamonds -the only woman- of the Nazi government.
After the end of the World War, she founded and directed glider flying schools in India and Ghana, wrote several books and was named an Honorary Member of the Society of Experimental Pilots in the USA and "Pilot of the Year 1971".