Dominique Marchal
Dominique Marchal (* 1944 in Brussels ) is an author, journalist, mountaineer, Buddhist nun and was the first professional pilot in Switzerland to receive an instrument flight license .
Dominique was born in Brussels in 1944. In 1966 she became the first woman in Switzerland to obtain a license. In the Biafra War , she flew weapons for the rebels. Furthermore, she flew as a pilot for wealthy private clients business aircraft of Learjet and as a charter pilot the Boeing 737 . After a Mount Everest expedition in 1986, during which she did not reach the summit but dealt a lot with Buddhism, she became a journalist. As a journalist, she met the Dalai Lama in Paris in 1989 . In 1995 she moved to Nepal and ran a hospital there. In 2008 she officially became a Buddhist nun.
She was married three times and got divorced three times. She is the mother of two sons and now lives in Kathmandu .
Works
- L'Envol du silence , 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Radio Télévision Suisse : Dominique Marchal, parcours d'une femme hors du commun (French), accessed on February 10, 2015
- ↑ aeroTELEGRAPH: Flying made her a nun , accessed on February 6, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marchal, Dominique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |