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 ...

The British Women Pilots’ Association (BWPA) has opened its aviation scholarships applications for 2026, supporting women in ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A University of Waterloo study found that low-time female pilots (under 300 flight hours) conducted more stable landings and completed emergency-scenario tasks faster in a simulator than their male ...