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 ...

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 ...

Jo Salter took to the skies before officially opening the academy set up by a humanitarian charity.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donald Trump, the US president, has railed against diversity policies in aviation - Associated Press/Julia Demaree Nikhinson ...

Female pilots may outperform their male counterparts in high-pressure flight situations, according to a new study led by University of Waterloo researchers. The findings challenge traditional ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Stephanie Wallach, one of the first female airline pilots in the United ...

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 ...

If the thought of turbulence makes you sweat and you end up gripping the armrest the whole flight, you're not alone. According to a study about the fear of flying, up to 40% of the population is ...

Female pilots may have an edge when things go wrong in the cockpit, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo. Researchers found that women with limited flight experience performed more ...

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Though the Women Airforce Service Pilots played a key logistical role during World War II, their contributions were not formally recognized by the US government until 1977. 83 years ago, on August 3, ...