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First All Female Flights in the World and by Aircraft

This is an incomplete list. If you have additions, deletions, or changes,
please email the "FIRSTS" Director for documentation

CA=Captain, FO=First Offier, SO=Second Officer,
FE=Flight Engineer, FA=Flight Attendent

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First All Female Scheduled Carrier Flight in the World (Non-ISA qualified airline)

30Dec78	Air Illinois	DHC-6
CA - Emily Jones	FO - Lynn Rippelmeyer

First All Female Propjet Flights in the World

6Mar79	Hawaiian Air	SD-330
CA - Sherry Emminger	FO - Karen Squyres	FA - Trudi Asada
May79	Republic Airlines	CV580
CA - Barbara Wiley	FO- Ramona Larson	FA - Karen Klein

First All Female Jet Flight in the World

10May82	Piedmont Airlines	B737-200
CA - Cheryl Faye Peters	FO - Rebecca Rose Schroeder
FA - Paula Lanier	FA - Dolly Wenat	FA - Cindy Perry

First All Female Wide-Body Flight in the World

27Aug87	Continental Airlines	DC-10
CA - Lennie Sorenson	FO - Dorothy Clegg	FE - Karlene Cipriano

First All Female Convair 580 Flight in the World

May79	Republic Airlines	CV-580
CA - Barbara Wiley	FO - Ramona Larson	FA - Karen Klein

First All Female Falcon 20 Flight in the World

15May80	Federal Express	DA-20
CA - Anne Kaskel	FO - Karen Bearss Parker

First All Female F-27 Flight in the World

29Nov85	Indian Airlines	F-27
CA-Saudamini Deshmukh	FO - Nevedita Bhasin	FA - Josephine Josmi
FA - Saraswati Iyer	FA - Shraddha Warang	FA - Veera Mithaiwala

First All Female MD-80 Flight in the World

May86	Alaska Airlines	MD-80
CA - Lori Adams	FO - Carol Seesing

First All Female B727 Flight in the World

30Dec78	Air Illinois	DHC-6
CA - Emily Jones	FO - Lynn Rippelmeyer

First All Female B777 Flight in the World

13Oct99	American	B777
CA - Beverley Bass	CA = Ann Singer	IRO = Nancy Walter

First All Female DC-9 Flight in the World

22May88	US Airways	DC-9
CA - Joyce Stripp	FO - Catherine Bierne
FA - Patti Beebe	FA - Jacki Becquette	FA - Anita Law

First All Female Hercules Flight in the World

6Mar89	Southern Air Transport	L100
CA - Jan Ramos	FO - Barbara Snoden

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These statistics have been compiled by ISA+21 and is correct to best
of our knowledge. ISA+21 accepts no responsibility for data that may be in error.

Updated 03/12/03