first as a second lieutenant and the first Black female pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and then as a captain at United Airlines. Claiborne was hired by United in January 1990 after seven years of ...

Bessie Coleman became the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921 American Airlines is saluting Bessie Coleman with an All-Black female crew! On Friday, American Airlines celebrated ...

A groundbreaking airline pilot is flying off into the sunset. Theresa Claiborne retired from United Airlines on Thursday. She reached heights never seen before as the first Black woman pilot in ...

"My first flight instructor was an original TA ... a nonprofit organization comprised of professional Black women pilots. All of them are dedicated to increasing the number of Black women in ...