 |  | | Laura Smith (left) and Jenny Beatty co-founded Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative. Smith, the program leader, is a pilot for Southwest Airlines. Beatty, an adviser to the PPLI, flies for American Airlines. | |
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| The Ninety-Nines Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative provides highly motivated Ninety-Nines members with tools to further develop their careers and leadership abilities. One aim of the international program is to help women increase the community of fellow pilots by sharing the skills learned in the PPLI with others who follow. |
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 | | | Based at Vance Air Force Base, Lt. Che' Coleman instructs in the T-6A Texan II, a tandem-cockpit, turboprop aircraft. He said he loves to teach, and that it’s very rewarding to see that “light come on when a student gets it.” | |
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| If you ask an aviator why he or she chose to fly, chances are that person was encouraged by a father, mother, grandparent, or even good friend. Take, for example, Lt. Che' Coleman, a Navy lieutenant based at Vance Air Force Base we became acquainted with when he made a training flight into Centennial Airport. From an early age, Coleman knew he wanted to fly. |
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