In 1972, trailblazing British pilot Yvonne Pope Sintes took off for Glasgow with Dan Air as the UK’s first female commercial airline captain. Over 54 years later, carriers are campaigning for women to ...
For the first time, a United pilot has reached a position that has never before been held by a woman, marking a long-term trend for female aviators. A United Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner. A United ...
Karen Ruth started flying airplanes before she got her driver’s license. The experience propelled the Burnsville native toward a long career in commercial aviation. She flew fishing charters and cargo ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women are amazing on the land and the sea, but especially the skies. Ever since Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to earn ...
“There’s a saying out there: ‘If you can see it, you can be it,’” said Cheri Rohlfing, a nearly 25-year Delta Air Lines pilot. And it’s not common to see female pilots out in the world. Only 5.2% of ...
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A local pilot is working to change the face of aviation by mentoring the next generation of female pilots and she says the mission is personal. Women have been flying for more than ...
Kathryn “Kay” Lawrence’s WWII service and sacrifice echo through her best friend’s family — and fuel today’s efforts to spark aviation dreams in girls. Kay Lawrence was the first female to earn a ...
In the 1930s, with the black clouds of war gathering over the skies of Europe once more, the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin pushed to demonstrate its technical prowess to the rest of the world, ...