In development
Miss Smaranda Brăescu: The Pilot Woman
The true story of Smaranda Brăescu, the first Romanian woman licensed to parachute, who set an absolute world record over Sacramento in 1932.
- Status
- In development
- A film by
- Ligia Ciornei
The project
In July 1928, in Germany, Smaranda Brăescu jumped for the first time and earned her license, the first Romanian woman to hold one. She was badly hurt in a 1930 jump near Satu Mare. In 1931 she set a women’s world altitude record for parachuting, and over Sacramento, California, on May 19, 1932, she jumped higher than anyone before her.
That year she also qualified as a private pilot in the United States. In Romania she was called the Queen of the Heights. Ligia Ciornei is developing her story as a feature film.
- The American record
- The Aero Club of Washington certified her May 1932 jump over Sacramento as an absolute world record.
- Her legacy
- Romania’s 53rd Commando Battalion, part of its Special Operations Forces, is named after her, as is a street in Bucharest. A Romanian stamp from 2021 shows her.
- Attached director
- Ligia Ciornei, who wrote and directed Clouds of Chernobyl, is attached to direct.
Partners
Miss Smaranda Brăescu: The Pilot Woman is in development. Producers and financiers interested in the project can contact Noetic Ark.
