Isabel Rilvas

Not to be confused with Isabel Rivas.

Isabel Rilvas
Born
Isabel Manuela Teixeira Bandeira de Melo

(1935-01-08)8 January 1935
Lisbon, Portugal
Died14 September 2025(2025-09-14) (aged 90)
OccupationAcrobatic pilot
Known forInspiration for the founding of the Portuguese Paratroop Nurses

Isabel Manuela Teixeira Bandeira de Melo (8 January 1935 – 14 September 2025), also known as Isabel Rilvas, was a Portuguese acrobatic pilot, known for being the first female parachutist in Portugal and the inspiration for the creation of the Portuguese Paratroop Nurses. She was the first acrobatic pilot in the Iberian Peninsula, broke the Portuguese record for flight without an engine, and was the first Portuguese person to obtain a hot-air balloon license.

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