First female Jumbo Jet pilot retires at Gatwick

The UK’s first female Jumbo Jet pilot has retired at Gatwick.

64-year-old grandmother Yvonne Kershaw landed her last flight into the airport from Cancun yesterday.

She started flying the iconic plane in 1993 after learning in a small aircraft when she was 19.

More than 2,000 flights later, she says she’ll miss the role ‘enormously,’ saying the crew had become part of her extended family.

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