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Female pioneer aviators honoured
Eight outstanding women in the local aviation sector were last evening honoured including Cheryl Moore, the country’s first female military pilot in 1977; Beverley Drake, the first female commercial pilot in that same year; Barbara Adams, the first female helicopter pilot; Feriel Ally, the first female Grand Caravan pilot; Williette Gardner, the first female captain of a turbo prop aircraft Twin Otter; Debbie Gouveia, the first female to captain an Islander in 1982; Paula McAdam, the first female air traffic controller in 1979, and Sandra Persaud, who in 1986, was the first female to be in airport administration at then then Timehri International Airport.
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