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How a Beautiful Woman Pilot Took the Skies by Storm in a Stunning F-16 Demo

As twilight fell over Tyler, Texas, a woman pilot took the F-16 Viper to the sky - and the crowd to their feet. Her precision, confidence, and the sheer beauty of the jet’s afterburners lit up the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Flying on the Homefront: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

Aeronautics curator Dorothy Cochrane explores the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and their fight for recognition for their contributions to World War II. Dorothy Cochrane Three ...
Yahoo

‘They never expected it to succeed’: Sweetwater WASP Museum celebrates 20 years honoring WWII pilots

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Looking back in history to World War II, the Women Airforce Service Pilots were superheroes of aviation. They were the first women to fly U.S. military aircraft, and most ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Just 5% of pilots are women. This Delta pilot has been trying to change that.Just 5% of pilots are women. This Delta pilot has been trying to change that.

“There’s a saying out there: ‘If you can see it, you can be it,’” said Cheri Rohlfing, a nearly 25-year Delta Air Lines pilot. And it’s not common to see female pilots out in the world. Only 5.2% of ...
Fox 23

FOX23 speaks to first woman to pilot, command NASA space shuttle

TULSA, Okla. — The first woman to pilot and command a NASA space shuttle was in Tulsa on Thursday. Eileen Collins was at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum for their new 'Women in Aviation' exhibit, where ...