Lt Kol Norhana Abd Manaf grew up around helicopters, so being the country’s first woman helicopter pilot is especially significant for her.
Near her family home in Hulu Langat, Selangor, was the Higher National Youth Skills Institute where she could see helicopter pilots undergoing their training. She remembers vividly the sound of rotor blades roaring in the sky as the pilots took off and landed.
She learnt news skills such as hovering a helicopter and making contingency plans and memorised the many functions of flight controls. Lt Kol Norhana earned her wings as a helicopter pilot in 1997. Today, our Air Force has 40 female pilots . Many of these women are based at RMAF’s flight training college in Kepala Batas and operational squadrons across the country.
Traditionally, the aviation field is always perceived as a testosterone-dominated industry. Till 1997, RMAF pilots have been entirely men and naturally, it took a while for them to adjust to having to share the cockpit with a woman.
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