Luisa Elena Contreras Mattera
Early Venezuelan female aviator
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Luisa Elena Contreras Mattera (1922–2006) was a Venezuelan pilot. In 1943, she gained her licence in Venezuela although Mary Calcaño had already been granted a licence in the United States in 1939.
She graduated from the Escuela de Aviación Civil Miguel Rodríguez on 1 July 1943, gaining a civil pilot's licence.