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Chinyere Kalu: First Woman To Fly An Aircraft In Nigeria by Gentlerespect76: 9:44am On Apr 28, 2022 |
Capt. Chinyere Kalu MFR is a Commercial pilot. She is the first Nigerian female commercial pilot and the first woman to fly an aircraft in Nigeria. She served as the rector and chief instructor of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology between October 2011 and February 2014. A native of Akwete, Ukwa East LGA in Abia State, She trained as a private and commercial pilot in 1978 at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria under SP.12 Batch. She subsequently took several aviation and transport courses in the United Kingdom and the United States before she received her license as a commercial pilot on 20 May 1981, from the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology. In October 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed her the rector and chief instructor of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology. She is a member of the Nigerian Women Achievers Hall of Fame and also a member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which was conferred upon her in 2006. Other awards on her include the African International Achievers Merit Award 2007; the Rare Gems Professional Achievements Award 2007; and Nigeria's 50 Greatest Women of Democratic Administration of Ghana 2012. Nwanyị Igbo ji eme ọnụ Nwanyibuife! #IgboAmaka #IgboNwereMmadu #ChinyereKalu #pilot 1 Like
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