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 ...

Captain Theresa Claiborne has just come to the end of a legendary career as a pilot.

Ukraine is embracing the idea of female drone operators. In a war of survival, it makes no sense to exclude 50% of the available talent when women pilots have proved just as capable as men. But in ...

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 ...

Wizz Air, the fastest growing European airline, has marked International Women’s Day 2026 by operating a series of all-female flights across multiple markets. Seventy female pilots and cabin crew ...

Registration is now open for the 2026 Air Race Classic, a 2,400-mile cross-country aviation race held June 23-26 for teams of at least two women pilots. Participants must hold a private pilot ...

"Originally published as The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 in 2002 by Sourcebooks, Inc." NASM copy Gift from Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen. The year is 1929, and on the eve of America's Great Depression, ...