Neva Paris

Neva Finlay Paris (1883 – January 9, 1930) was an early American woman aviator. Early life

She was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to New York banker and Manhattan real estate "heavy operator" Charles Finlay. She attended a school in Briarcliff, New York. She married realty broker Rex Lee Paris; they divorced on August 15, 1917. Just days before her death, she was listed as the contact for women pilots wishing to join the organization.

She obtained a commercial pilot's license in 1930.

Crash and death She died on January 9, 1930, when her Curtiss Robin crashed in the marshes of the Satilla River outside of Woodbine, Georgia. She was 36 years old. The cause of the crash was unknown. It was speculated that she had lost consciousness after flying at an altitude of 2,000 feet, but others reported that she had been circling looking for a landing place. She recently had seen a doctor after a flight and may have been on medication. and was living with her father in Great Neck, Long Island.