“To still impart that knowledge on young people, and particularly young black women, that they can do this.” Becoming a pilot was something Claiborne, originally from Virginia, could never ...

"We don't have these long generations of pilots in the family." There are fewer than 200 Black women pilots in the U.S., ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

"Black women especially are marginalised ... This is echoed by Sakhile Nyoni-Reiling, who was Air Botswana's first female pilot, eventually becoming its general manager, and who has held high ...