Lynn Rippelmeyer started out as a flight attendant in 1972. A few years later, she was part of a record-breaking all-female crew and became the first woman to pilot a 747.

Hawaiian Airlines pilot Mimi Mycynek has been fascinated by planes since she was a little girl. "I can remember being on a 747 and the feeling was better than Christmas for me," she said of the ...

Former commercial pilot Lynn Rippelmeyer in the cockpit of a 747. She was the first female pilot to fly a Boeing 747 and the first female to captain a 747 transatlantic flight. Women couldn’t ...

The Boeing 747-400—the queen of the skies. The 747 is by far, hands down, my favorite airplane of all time. I do consider myself a Boeing baby. I never felt like I had any reason to fly Airbus.

The portion of female airline pilots in the U.S. rose from 3.3 percent in 2002 to 4.9 percent in 2022, according to CAPA.

Lynn Rippelmeyer started out as a flight attendant in 1972. A few years later, she was part of a record-breaking all-female crew and became the first woman to pilot a 747.