Yvonne Pope Sintes

Yvonne Pope Sintes
Born
Yvonne Elizabeth van den Hoek

8 September 1930
Pretoria, South Africa
Died16 August 2021
Occupation(s)Pilot, aviator, flight instructor, air traffic controller

Yvonne Pope Sintes (8 September 1930 – 16 August 2021) was a South African-born British aviator. She was the first female air traffic controller at Gatwick airport and later became Britain's first female commercial airline captain.

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