Within half an hour of her first-ever flight, "a spell was cast," pilot Stephanie Wallach said, noting "I just knew that that was what I wanted to do forever." ...

Now 78 years old and living in Medina, Washington, Wallach's journey in aviation began in 1975, at a time when female pilots were an extreme rarity in commercial airlines. Wallach, who is from New ...

In the 1940s, with the U.S. facing a huge pilot shortage, more than 1,000 women were trained to fly military planes ...

When most teenagers were focused on cars and getting their driver's licenses, Jayla Jackson was determined to learn how to fly.

Stephanie Wallach, one of the first female airline pilots in the United States, faced both challenges and triumphs throughout her groundbreaking career in a male-dominated industry. Now 78 years ...