Ever since Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to earn her pilot’s license in 1910, women have been making their mark ...
With fewer than 10% of pilots being women, the Tucson 99s are on a mission to lift more female aviators into the skies.
Bessie Coleman was the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921. A special American Airlines flight operated by an all-Black and all-female crew honored aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman on ...
In a study conducted at the University of Waterloo in Canada, researchers discovered that female pilots have unique strengths in high-pressure situations. The results showed that women had "more ...
Skyborne Airline Academy is partnering with Elevate(her) to enhance female representation and access to flight training in aviation worldwide. The collaboration will provide global targeted outreach, ...
Winnifred "Winnie" Spooner was one of England's most daring pilots, flying around the world and winning accolades in the 1920s and 30s. One of the first women to receive her pilot's licence in 1927, ...
When author Becky Aikman decided in 2019 to write a book about the 25 American female pilots who flew planes for the Royal Air Force during World War II, she discovered that all but one of the women ...
If you're planning on jetting off for your holidays this summer, you might hope to find a woman behind the controls. Although 90 per cent of pilots are men, a new study has found that female pilots ...
Sunday, November 2 marked 96 years since The Ninety-Nines were formed, and the organization is still growing and inspiring pilots.
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Well-mannered women were not supposed to engage in the daring and dangerous pursuit of aviation when a journalist named Harriet Quimby talked her editor into paying for her flying lessons in 1911.
In complaints filed with EEOC, four women charge Frontier with discrimination. Randi Freyer, one of four pilots who filed sex discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...