A United Airlines pilot has reached a position at the airline never before held by a woman, the airline announces in a celebratory video posted to Instagram.

This is part of Alaska Authors, an occasional series about authors and other literary figures with ties to the 49th state. Colleen Mondor has been writing about aviation, especially in Alaska, for a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women are amazing on the land and the sea, but especially the skies. Ever since Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to earn ...

“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 ...