Australia’s first female airline pilot Deborah Lawrie on her battle to fly

It was January 22, 1980, when a pilot stepped into the cockpit of an Ansett aircraft for a passenger flight from Alice ...

Meet Bernice Blake Perry, New Hampshire's first female pilot

Bernice Blake Perry, a staple in the aviation community and born in New Hampshire, broke barriers for women in her field. "She was born in 1905, which was two years after the Wright brothers flew ...

‘The smell of death permeated the cockpit’: From first female airline pilot to author, Valerie Walker’s gripping 9/11 story

One of the first female airline pilots in the United States and a pilot during the time of September 11, 2001 now resides in ...
Aviation Week

Etihad pilot qualifies to become first female captain

Etihad Airways is celebrating the maiden commercial flight of its first female captain, Sophie Blanchard. Captain Blanchard, a French national, will take the controls of the left hand seat in the ...
Forbes

United Airlines Pilot Reaches Milestone For Women In Aviation

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 ...

The story of how I took on Reg Ansett to become Australia’s first major female airline pilot

Around the time of his 40th birthday, my father decided to revive a longtime dream of his: learning to fly. He’d had his ...
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Bernice Blake Perry was first female pilot in New Hampshire

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bernice Blake Perry was the first woman to get a pilot's license in the state and the first woman to become a commercial pilot in ...