Zimbabwe re-wrote its aviation history last week when the country witnessed its first all female flight deck crew flying Air Zimbabwe&#;s Boeing
The flight from Harare to Victoria Falls was in the safe hands of Captain Chipo M Matimba and Captain Elizabeth Simbi Petros, who flew the B &#;
After the flight, Captain Simbi Petros, wrote on her Facebook page, &#;Air Zim First:- All Women Flight Deck Crew!!!! Flt to Vic Falls This Morning. Was A pleasure Skipper Chipo Matimba!!!!!!&#;
| Captains Chipo Matimba (right) and Elizabeth Simbi Petros smile for the cameras before take-off at Harare International Airport en route to Victoria Falls yesterday |
Yesterday morning, two Air Zimbabwe female pilots &#; Captains Chipo Matimba and Elizabeth Simbi Petros &#; became the first pilots to fly a Boeing from Harare to Victoria Falls in the country&#;s first ever all-female flight deck crew .
One of them simply described the experience as &#;exhilarating&#;. The moment was simply one to savour, for history had been made.
| The two ladies touch down at Vic Falls Airport |
They first broke the glass ceiling when they became pilots in a male-dominated aviation field some years back.
And, yesterday morning, two Air Zimbabwe female pilots Captains Chipo Matimba and Elizabeth Simbi Petros became the first pilots to fly a Boeing from Harare to Victoria Falls in the country&#;s first ever all- female flight deck crew .
This is the first time in the history of the airline and a memorable moment for the two captains.
Only one male was part of the cabin crew.
On her Facebook page an excited Captain Matimba said: &#;History has been made! First
Las dos mujeres, pilotando el Boeing
El 13 de noviembre de , Chipo Matimba y Elizabeth Simbi Petros, dos pilotas de Zinbabue, dirigieron por primera vez un vuelo comercial desde Harare, a la ciudad fronteriza de Victoria Falls. Las dos pilotas, originarias de Zimbabue, fueron las primeras en el continente africano al frente de una tripulación compuesta enteramente por mujeres en un vuelo nacional de una hora, rompiendo límites mentales y probando la fuerza y valor del género femenino. Ambas en los roles de piloto y copiloto de un Boeing , llevaron a su destino a los pasajeros, juntos con las azafatas que también tuvieron un papel protagonista, escribiendo un nuevo capítulo en la aviación africana que, al igual que la de gran parte del mundo, carece de personal femenino. Un vuelo de una hora que marcó un antes y un después al controlar uno de los aviones más grandes y vendidos en la historia de la aviación.
A lo largo de los años, en efecto, la exclusión y el machismo avalaron instituciones donde la fuerza varonil es uno de los requisitos para aspirar a un puesto. Por ahora, Chipo y Elizabeth siguen haciendo historia como muestran en redes sociales, al permanecer
Zimbabwe’s female pilots fly into history
In a country where one in three girls are married before their eighteenth birthday and women struggle to access formal employment due to lack of education and cultural beliefs, this was no mean feat.
But Captain Chipo M. Matimba and Captain Elizabeth Simbi Petros have surmounted such odds and inspired the hopes of millions of Zimbabwean women after having flown an Air Zimbabwe Boeing from the capital Harare to the idyllic Victoria Falls.
“History has been made! First all female flight deck crew on the Air Zimbabwe Boeing ! Two CAPTAINS!! Absolute pleasure Captain Elizabeth Simbi Petros! #FLYBABES. #PaintingTheSkyPink!” wrote Captain Matimba on her Facebook page after landing the Boeing.
Captain Simbi Petros equally shared the historic moment on social media. “Air Zim First:- All Women Flight Deck Crew!!!! Flt to Vic Falls This A pleasure Skipper Chipo Matimba!!!!!!”
Having come from a background that majority of the Zimbabwean girls identify with, this landmark achievement is being greeted with enthusiasm and pride among the Zimbabwean women.
The duo are among the only six female pilots in Air Zimbabwe, and the only captainswhi
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