Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nia Gilliam proclaimed she'd never fly again after 9/11. The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, felt normal. The Atlantic Coast Airlines ...

Nia Gilliam wasn't a captain yet on Sept. 11, 2001. At just 25 years old, she was sitting in the co-pilot seat on the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport, waiting for air traffic ...

On June 15, 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first Black female pilot in American history. For the next five years, she traveled the country performing death-defying stunts at 3,000 feet in the air.

When a TikTok video about her career racked up millions of views last year, 66-year-old retired airline pilot and military veteran Captain Theresa Claiborne suddenly became visible to a generation ...

DALLAS — The historical marker is easy to miss outside a Waxahachie library. It’s a roadside-sized tribute on a quiet patch of North Texas sidewalk. But the name on it belongs to a woman whose life ...

A Topeka High School senior is learning to fly from one of the nation's few Black female pilots. Black women represent less than 1% of pilots in the United States, according to Sisters of the Skies.

*Now, this is what Black Girl Excellence looks like. Southwest Airlines made history this week with the debut of First Officer Kinaya Ware, the eighth Black woman to join the airline’s flight deck ...

For the first time, a United pilot has reached a position that has never before been held by a woman, marking a long-term trend for female aviators. A United Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner. A United ...

In her new memoir, Nia Gilliam details her traumatic experience flying on 9/11 and the purpose she’s found in her career since.

Theresa Claiborne recently went viral on TikTok for her career in the USAF and at United Airlines. The moment comes as efforts to diversify aviation with more women and people of color face threats.