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A stolen helicopter crashed into a hotel in Australia, killing the pilot and somehow only minorly injuring 2 other people
Hundreds of people were evacuated from the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Cairns, Australia after th…
Pete Syme
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I was the first Black female pilot in the US Air Force, and captained a commercial jet for 30 years. Some people still questioned if I was qualified to fly.
Captain Theresa Claiborne has just come to the end of a legendary career as a pilot.
Polly Thompson
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A 104-year-old has been a professional lobster woman since she was 8. She says the secret to her longevity is keeping busy.
Virginia Oliver, or Ginny, is a 104-year-old woman from Maine who refuses to quit lobstering. She …
Jane Ridley
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Ukrainian grandma says she's too old to fight Russians in the infantry so learned to pilot drones instead
A 54-year-old Ukrainian grandmother of six grandchildren says she is too old to fight in infantry. …
Thibault Spirlet
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Filthy passengers, creepy flight attendants, and an off-duty pilot's intrusive thoughts ruined air travel for all of us this year
In addition to sky high ticket costs, onboard antics from passengers and pilots alike have made air…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A 101-year-old woman keeps getting mistaken for a baby on flights and says it's because American Airlines' booking system can't handle her age
"The computer at the airport thought my birth date was 2022 and not 1922," Patricia told a BBC repo…
Polly Thompson
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I was the first woman to be hired as a pilot by a major US airline in 1973. When I first started, they called me 'the little girl' and a uniform for women didn't even exist.
When American Airlines hired her, Bonnie Tiburzi, a 24-year-old flight instructor, was the only wom…
Bianca Giacobone
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A Jewish passenger is suing JetBlue claiming religious discrimination after he was thrown off a plane following his refusal to sit next to a woman
The passenger said that he was kicked off the flight from Palm Springs to JFK after trying to swap …
Grace Dean
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A passenger crash-landed a small plane herself after the pilot suffered a medical emergency
A 68-year-old woman brought the plane down on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts on Sunday after an…
Joshua Zitser
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Video shows woman running onto a tarmac to wave down a flight she apparently missed
Passengers captured the woman's futile mission in a video that shows her standing below the plane a…
Erin Snodgrass
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A British Airways pilot was fired after he bragged to a coworker about doing cocaine before an 11-hour flight, report says
A British Airways pilot tested positive for drugs after he boasted about a night of partying and co…
Joshua Zitser,Pete Syme
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China is scrambling to find pilots to fly from its growing aircraft carrier fleet
China has added three aircraft carriers to its navy over the past decade, and now it's widening its…
Michael Peck
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'A courageous trailblazer': The US Navy's first Black female fighter pilot has earned her 'Wings of Gold'
"Very proud of LTJG [Madeline] Swegle," a senior Navy official wrote when she graduated. "Go forth …
Ryan Pickrell
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For the first time in Super Bowl history, the military flyover will be piloted by an all-female team
The flyover will be conducted by four female pilots and will honor 50 years of women flying in the …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Pilot who belly landed her plane without landing gear or cockpit canopy will be the first woman A-10 pilot to receive this coveted award
Capt. Taylor Bye is getting not one but two awards for landing her A-10 attack aircraft safely afte…
Ryan Pickrell
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A mother and daughter co-pilot duo delivered an emotional speech at the airport gate before embarking on their first flight together
First officer Brooke Patterson VanHowe said co-piloting with her mom marked the "most special" flig…
Geoff Weiss
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Woman who says she was on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 that blew out a door midair said she was afraid the plane would 'nosedive at any second'
A woman who says she was on board the Alaska Airlines flight that blew out a door in the air said t…