Emma Carter Browning

Emma Carter Browning (October 26, 1910 – April 23, 2010) was an American pilot and aviation executive from Texas.

Early life and education Browning was born on October 26, 1910, in Eastland, Texas, to James William Carter and Pamela Lousia Gilbreath. she rode in an airplane for the first time—an Alexander Eaglerock biplane.

With teaching help from her husband, Browning was certified as a solo pilot in 1939; her first solo flight was in a Taylorcraft biplane. The same year, the Brownings's friend Hugh Herndon told them about the government's Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP); in September the family flew their Stinson SM-8 to University Airport in Austin.

Browning died on April 23, 2010. Later that year, General Aviation Avenue at Austin–Bergstrom International Airport was renamed in her honor.