1985 newspaper clipping showing Captain Lynn Rippelmeyer on People's Express 747 flight deck at Gatwick Airport

A 1985 newspaper article featuring Captain Lynn Rippelmeyer, age 33, on the flight deck of a People's Express Boeing 747 at Gatwick Airport after becoming the first woman to captain a 747 jumbo jet across the Atlantic from Newark, New Jersey. The clipping highlights her aviation milestone and her aspirations to pilot the space shuttle.