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 ...

Well-mannered women were not supposed to engage in the daring and dangerous pursuit of aviation when a journalist named Harriet Quimby talked her editor into paying for her flying lessons in 1911.

At 86, Sylvia Clayton has seen enough to know that history has a way of repeating itself. On Monday, she became living proof. The silver-haired grandmother from Oro Valley cruised above the city in a ...

In the 1930s, with the black clouds of war gathering over the skies of Europe once more, the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Fairhope mother and daughter are making history by flying in the 2025 Air Race Classic. The aviation competition draws female pilots from across the country to continue the ...

This weekend organizers of an event at the Santa Monica Museum of Flying are offering locals rare a chance to hear from a diverse group of female military pilots as The Greatest Generation Meets The ...

Thousands of books and films have been made over the past 80 years celebrating the bravery of American servicemen during World War II. But what about the 25 American women pilots who also risked their ...

If you're one of the 40 percent of the population who suffer from aviophobia (fear of flying), it may soothe your nerves to have a woman pilot. A recent study by the University of Waterloo found that ...

On solid ground -- Ready to fly -- Blond bombshell -- Fighting for the right to fly -- Up in the air -- Bucket of bolts and the hood -- Crossing the country -- Silver wings and Santiago blue -- ...

Anh-Thu Nguyen hoped to inspire other Asian female aviators through her travels A 44-year-old female pilot is dead after her small plane crashed in Indiana on July 30 In 2024, she became the 10th ...