All-Black Female Flight Crew Honors Bessie Coleman In 1921, Coleman became the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license. By Sydney Page It’s been more than a century since Bessie Coleman made history, becoming the first Black woman in the world to earn a pilot’s license. Recently, an all-Black female flight crew made history in her honor. On Aug. 8,…
Netflix will release the animated short Sitara: Let Girls Dream from two-time Oscar-winning and three-time Emmy-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Titled Sitara: Let Girls Dream, the moving story centers on a 14-year-old girl named Pari who dreams of being a pilot, while growing up in a society that doesn’t allow her to dream. “Young girls everywhere still face considerable hurdles in achieving their dreams. Sitara embodies that struggle;…
Tammie Jo Shults landed the Southwest flight to safety, but, this Southwest pilot has been breaking glass ceilings for women for years now. From combatting gender bias in the military to having her applications ignored to being the first woman to fly the F/A-18 Hornet, a multirole combat jet – here is a woman we admire. About 20 minutes after takeoff…
