Women Airline Pilots

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Airlines in America finally allowed women to pilot passenger planes in the 1970's. But women like Bonnie Tiburzi and Lynn Rippelmeyer had been fighting for years to be allowed to train as pilots. They tell Maria Elena Navas about their early days in a male-dominated industry.

Photo: Bonnie Tiburzi, 24, is shown in a cockpit of an aircraft shortly after receiving her wings in 1974 when she became the first female pilot for American Airlines. (Getty Images)

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1:15.4	Maria Lena Nadas. Today we're going back to the 1970s when commercial
1:21.4	airlines in America finally decided to allow women to fly their planes.
1:27.0	I've been speaking to two of the first women pilots to fly passenger planes in the U.S.
1:32.0	Airline flying is such an adventure,
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