From South Africa Samantha started flying when she was 16 years old and money was tight, she had to catch snakes to sell to pay for her training at one stage. Changing landing lights, debt collecting, washing aircraft – she did it all. Her dream was to become a search and rescue pilot. And so […]
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Lî, is born and bred in Windhoek, Namibia. She started her flying journey in George, South Africa and completed my Commercial Licence in 2014, at 43 Air School. Thereafter, she was a jump pilot flying a Cessna 182, at Skydive Namibia. In 2016, Her journey as a First Officer at , Air Namibia her country’s
Growing up Winnie always had love for thrill and adventure .Born and raised in a small city(Mzuzu)in Malawi .While in high school at the age of 15 she met a friend who told her about flying and from that point she knew that’s all she wanted to do.She became obsessed with female pilots and flying
Most people call her Lola from Nigeria. She is the sister of Funmilayo. She flies the Sikorsky Sk 76 Helicopter in Nigeria for Bristow Helicopters. Lola is a mother to 3 boys and comes from a family of pilots. Lola is the first of seven girls. Her father and husband are both pilots including two
Funmilayo Makinde is a Nigerian Private Pilot Licence holder, currently undergoing her Instrument Rating (Airplane) in Deland Aviation, Deland, Florida, USA. Since she was a child she always dreamed of flying the iron bird, she still has goose bumps when she sees an airplane taxi to the active runway and goes full throttle for take
It’s true, the journey to becoming a Pilot starts off as a love story. She had almost given up on her dream. Ideally, she wanted to commence with her Pilot training straight after high school but was financially challenged and even then, had never been on board an airplane. Her parents were struggling back then
She was born and raised in a humbled back ground in Soweto. She never knew about aviation or aircrafts until, she had to fly with her mom with the ticket she had won and even now she can’t explain the excitement she had just by entering the airport. she never stopped asking questions until she
Taahira Khan from Zimbabwe. At the early age of 4 years old she attended her first airshow, ever since that day, her father always told her, she never stopped telling him one day she would fly those aeroplanes. After completing college it was still her dream to become a pilot. Due to financial difficulties she
A multi instrument rated commercial pilot. Flying was like a fairy tale to her. She never thought she could get to it that easily due to the costs that are adhered. She dreamt about it for so long, after finishing high school, got a Turkish scholarship to go study in turkey and that was her
Having always wanted to learn how to fly, she began her ppl in January ‘83 whilst in her final year at university. Financing the training with a Saturday job, she gained a ppl in sept ‘84 in minimum hours (couldn’t afford to pay for extra!) Her first instructor suggested she go the commercial route; but
