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Deadliest female pilots of WWII

In the 1930s, with the black clouds of war gathering over the skies of Europe once more, the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin pushed to demonstrate its technical prowess to the rest of the world, ...
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.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia -- A group of female pilots made to make history this weekend while honoring a fallen legend. The Navy performed its first ever, all-female flyover Saturday to honor the life ...
They soar into the desert skies, piloting some of the most sophisticated aircraft the world has ever seen. They have an innate understanding of high-performance aircraft and are always pushing the ...
Aviation buffs and photography aficionados can enjoy the aesthetic appeal of air travel without the burden of luggage, lines, or delays when “Women and Flight,” a Smithsonian traveling exhibit paying ...
SPOKANE, Wash. – The winners of the Air Race Classic, the world's largest all-female aviation race, landed at Felts Field. More than 60 teams competed this year, including the Spokane-based Sky Queens ...
"Can we request 22 Right for 39 Whiskey?" the pilot asks into the radio. The four-seater plane — a Piper Cherokee 235 nicknamed "Balvenie" after a Scotch whisky — taxis slowly toward the right-hand ...
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has started taking applications for female pilots, marking a major step towards greater gender inclusion within the military.The shift is part of a wider campaign ...
A fighter jet from Lanet salutes Hellen Obiri after winning the 10km women’s race at the KDF Cross Country Championship, Moi Air Base, Nairobi, Jan 7, 2022. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] For years, ...