Winnifred "Winnie" Spooner was one of England's most daring pilots, flying around the world and winning accolades in the 1920s and 30s. One of the first women to receive her pilot's licence in 1927, ...

When an engine blew on her Southwest jet, pilot Tammie Jo Shults' training helped her stay calm and collected while guiding the plane down safely during the emergency landing. While Shults is being ...

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 ...

A flight instructor and her student are presumed dead after their plane went down over a lake in Louisiana. Taylor Dickey, 30, and an unnamed adult student took off from Gulfport–Biloxi International ...

When author Becky Aikman decided in 2019 to write a book about the 25 American female pilots who flew planes for the Royal Air Force during World War II, she discovered that all but one of the women ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Passengers are calling the pilot of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, which staged an emergency landing Tuesday at Philadelphia International Airport, a hero. While the airline decided ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nafisat Balogun, has obtained a commercial multi-engine pilot licence in the United States of America. The development was ...