High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Opal Kunz, also known as Opal van Zandt Giberson Kunz (November 6, 1894 – May 15, 1967) was a noted early American aviator, the first president of the "Ninety-Nines", a women pilots’ organization, that was formed in her living room, and an early feminist. She was married to Dr. George Frederick Kunz.