Anyone’s first flight has the potential to be a profound one. For the 14-year-old Arpinder Kaur, her flight from India to the United States evoked her desire to be a pilot. As a child, she says she was a “tomboy”. She climbed trees, played cricket and played outside with the boys. Her parents allowed her to be… Read more »
Born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, Envoy Captain Brittany Hanson is right at home flying CRJ-700s out of O’Hare International Airport (ORD). In fact, the option for her to stay in the Chicago area helped clinch her decision to commit to Envoy. That plus the “support and excellent training” she’s received from the… Read more »
An abiding love for aviation and Texas runs deep in the Austin family. For starters, Envoy Captain Cliff Austin is the sixth-great-grandnephew of “The Father of Texas”, Stephen F. Austin. Cliff was born in Texas, as were most of his family. This includes Cliff’s grandfather and father who are also pilots. Cliff’s grandfather flew P-51 Mustangs… Read more »
The whiteboard in his training classroom was blank until his explanation of weather modification needed some illustrative assistance. One minute later, red scribbles of storm clouds, hail clusters and airplanes populated the entire surface. He points to the airplane he drew next to a furious storm cell and says, “and this is where I would fly…. Read more »
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” ~ Benjamin Franklin When Jessica Hines interviewed with Women With Wings she was on the verge of upgrading to Envoy Captain. She passed her exams with flying colors, and is now fully integrated into the left seat of the flight deck…. Read more »