However, women have been taking to the skies unsung right from the beginning of powered flight. We have a look back at some ...

Piper anticipated the popularity of tricycle-gear airplanes and quickly modified its Pacer taildragger with a nosewheel.

On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...