Fledgling Pilot Resolves to Soar
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Gibbs Dube
Precious Zimbabwe, right, and Abdulaziz Belkhair show off certificates for completing multicrew cooperation training on an Airbus 320 flight simulator.
(Courtesy Photo: Precious Sibalo)
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As a teenager, Precious Sibalo visited the airport in her Zimbabwe hometown of Bulawayo to watch planes flying in and out of the country's second-largest city. She was entranced by the aircraft but dismayed by something else.
"I saw male pilots and never saw a woman there. I said to myself, 'I want to be one of those few women who are pilots,' " she said.