Sandra L. Anderson

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Sandra L. Anderson was an

airplane pilot with Northwest Airlines
. She is known as a pioneer in the airline community and was one of the first women pilots to fly a commercial airliner.

Early life

Anderson received a bachelor's degree in art at the

Exxon.[2] She married NASA engineer and skydiver Dick Anderson who died several years later in 1975 in an accident.[2][3]

Flying career

After the death of her husband, Anderson pursued a career in flying. In 1978, she applied to several airlines after she had earned the necessary flight certificates without success.[1] In order to increase her odds of being hired, Anderson then enrolled in the B-727 flight engineer’s school.[1] In 1979, she was hired by Northwest Orient Airlines. She was the second female pilot they had hired.[3] She served numerous positions, including Fleet Check Captain, Chief Pilot at the Minneapolis/ St. Paul crew base, and Captain flying a Boeing 747-400.

In the early 1990s, she became a founding board member of

Women in Aviation International.[2][3] By 1996, she was an assistant Chief Pilot and Flight Manager for Northwest Airlines.[4] She was the first woman at any airline to hold that position.[2]

In 2005, she was inducted into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame by Women in Aviation, International.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Shotwell, Linda (September 2005). "Northwest Captain Honored". Air Line Pilot: 20–22.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780809323715
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  3. ^ a b c d "Sandra L. Anderson | Women in Aviation International". www.wai.org. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  4. ^ "Chapter News" (PDF). 99 News: 19. 1996.
  5. ^ "Women In Aviation, International Concludes Successful Conference". Airport Journals. 1 April 2005. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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