Aude Lemordant

Aude Lemordant is a French aerobatics champion and an airline pilot for Air France, born on 1 May 1982 in Grenoble. She made her first flight at fourteen, earned a glider license in 1998 and a private pilot license in the United States in 2000, and is a graduate of the French Civil Aviation University. She joined Air France at twenty one and at twenty two became one of the youngest airline pilots flying the Airbus A320. After gaining aerobatic ratings on gliders and airplanes she rose quickly through competition and won the world championship title in 2013 and 2015. After a two year break for the birth of her daughter she returned in 2018 as French champion and secured her third world title on 30 August 2019, a first for France, when France also swept the team titles. Her honours include knighthood of the National Order of Merit in 2016 and the Grand Medal of the Aero-Club de France in 2015.