Margret Fusbahn (née Billwiller, 1907 – 2001), was a German aviator. She flew in airshows, undertook long-haul flights from Europe to Africa and in 1930, she broke the international altitude record for light-aircraft when she reached 15,900 feet. Fusbahn's husband, Ludwig Werner Fusbahn, was also an aviator. The pair were nicknamed "the flying couple". The marriage ended in divorce in 1938 and Margret Fusbahn left Switzerland. She died in Portugal in 2001 as Rosa Margareta Rodriguez. The town of

Sindelfingen Sindelfingen ( Swabian: ''Sendlfenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg in south Germany. It lies near Stuttgart at the headwaters of the Schwippe (a tributary of the river Würm), and is home to a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant. The current mayor ...

has a street named after her: Margret Fusbahn Straße.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fusbahn, Margret 1907 births 2001 deaths German women aviators German aviation record holders German women aviation record holders