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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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The multilateral air combat exercise, Tarang Shakti in Jodhpur, marks the largest-ever participation of women from the Indian ...

Introduction: The aviation age takes shape -- Harriet Quimby: birdwomen gain a voice, 1910-1912 -- "Machinery knows no sex": Ruth Law, the Stinson sisters, and the legacy of World War I -- The Earhart ...

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U.S. Army Capt. Elizabeth McNamara walks across the flight line on Camp Taji, Iraq, May 9, 2011. She is an AH-64 Apache helicopter pilot and platoon leader with the 8th Platoon, 229th Attack ...