Fadiko Gogitidze

Fadiko Gogitidze (Georgian: ფადიკო გოგიტიძე; 1916 – 20 October 1940) was a Georgian pilot. She is recognized as the country's first female aviator.

Biography

Fadiko Gogitidze was born in Kobuleti Municipality in 1916.[1] The Tbilisi Flight School opened in 1934 and Gogitidze graduated from there in 1936,[2] and began working as an instructor at the Batumi Aeroclub.[3] She was the first woman in the country to become a pilot, overcoming sexism to enroll for training and to graduate.[2] Her first flight was on 18 August 1936.[4]

Fadiko Gogitidze died while on undertaking a test flight in Batumi on 20 October 1940.[3] She had a three month old daughter named Julieta.[5]

Legacy

There is a sculpture dedicated to her in a park in Batumi. It is an example of Soviet art, depicting a female pilot, with a small child at her feet admiring the airplane.[2] Popov Street in Kobuleti was renamed after her in 2014.[6] A sculpture dedicated to Gogitidze was unveiled at the entrance to Batumi International Airport.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Encyclopaedia Georgia, vol. 2, Tbilisi , 2012., p. 63.
  2. ^ a b c მოისწრაფიშვილი, ნათია. "ქართული სკულპტურის განვითარების მხატვრული ტენდენციები." [in English: Moipurishvili, Natia. "Artistic trends in the development of Georgian sculpture." PhD diss., 2021, pp.13-14]
  3. ^ a b Khut︠s︡ishvili, Georgiĭ Iosifovich (1980). The Black Sea Coast of the Caucasus: A Guide. Progress Publishers. p. 179.
  4. ^ ""24 წლის ფადიკო საცდელი ფრენისას გარდაიცვალა, 3 თვის გოგონა დარჩა" - პირველი აჭარელი მფრინავი ქალის ხანმოკლე ცხოვრება". www.allnews.ge (in Georgian). 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  5. ^ ფადიკო გოგიტიძის შვილთაშვილები სტუმრად ქობულეთის მუზეუმში, Kobuleti Museum: 11 July 2025 Quote: "იმ დროისთვის მისი შვილი ჯულიეტა მხოლოდ 3 თვის იყო"
  6. ^ კახაბერიძე, ცაგო (2023-07-18). "ქობულეთში სახელს შეუცვლიან პუშკინისა და პოპოვის ქუჩებს და სტალინის უბანს - Batumelebi". Batumelebi.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
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