A stock image of a female pilot sitting in the cockpit of a plane. A stock image of a female pilot sitting in the cockpit of a plane. iStock / Getty Images Plus The seeds of Wallach's dream of ...

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 ...

but despite the franchise's strong history of female heroes like Leia, few of the pilots hopping into a starfighter cockpit in the Original Trilogy were women. Most fans believe that it wasn't ...

Young Post · Listen to the story: Christina Ho, a female pilot Six years ... Luckily, the pilot offered her space in the cockpit. From the jump seat, Ho admired the sunset through the wide ...