National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution In September 1942, the Army Air Force’s Air Transport Command approved the creation of a temporary, civilian women's flying corps ...

According to the Women in Aviation Board, women make up less than 20 percent of the workforce in most aviation jobs.

Due to age and poor financial performance as a passenger carrier, the tri-motor airliner has been all but relegated to cargo service; FedEx is the only major company flying them. The last MD-11 of ...