Emily Howell Warner

American aviator

Emily Howell Warner (October 30, 1939 – July 3, 2020) was an American airline pilot. She the first woman captain of a scheduled US airline. She was born in Denver, Colorado.

In 1973, Warner was the first woman pilot to be hired by a scheduled US airline since Helen Richey was hired as a co-pilot in 1934.[1][2] In 1976 Warner was the first woman to become a US airline captain.[3][4]

Biography

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She was honored into the National Aviation Hall of Fame and National Women’s Hall of Fame.[5][6] Her pilot’s uniform is on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.[7]

She is the first woman who has been a member of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).[8]

Warner was a flight school manager in Denver, Colorado. She flew more than 21,000 flight hours and performed more than 3,000 check rides and evaluations over her career.[9]

Warner died in 2020 from problems caused by a fall and Alzheimer's disease in Littleton, Colorado at the age of 80.[10][11]

References

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  1. Brady, Tim (2000). The American Aviation Experience: A History. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 9780809323715.
  2. Douglas, Deborah G. (2004). American Women and Flight Since 1940. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813126258.
  3. Cochrane, D.; Ramirez, P. "Women in Aviation and Space History, Emily Howell Warner". America by Air. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  4. Borstelmann, Thomas (2011). The 1970s: A New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic Inequality. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400839704.
  5. Dobbin, Ben (5 October 2002). "1st Female Makes Hall of Fame". Associated Press.
  6. "Emily Howell Warner". National Women's Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04.
  7. "Howell-Warner: 1st woman to be hired as a pilot by major U.S. airline". AV8TR Newsletter. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. 17 January 2014.
  8. "Women in Aviation and Space History". airandspace.si.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  9. Wise, Rick; Witvliet, Jolanda (June–July 2000). "Emily Warner, The First Female Pilot Member of the Air Line Pilots Association". Air Line Pilot. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15.
  10. Roberts, Sam (July 17, 2020). "Emily Howell Warner, Who Broke a Sky-High Glass Ceiling, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  11. "Saddened to hear news of recent passing of Capt. Emily Warner". IATA at Twitter. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.