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Gain the confidence to reach for your dream aviation career in today’s episode with Lt. Cmdr. Brenda Robinson as she shares her journey to becoming the first African-American naval aviator. Tune in now to hear life-altering insights to fuel your path to success!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE 

• How Brenda started her career in aviation

• What it’s like to be the first African-American woman to enter AOCS

• Advantages of being a flight instructor

• Challenges and lessons to applying for an airline as a woman pilot

• Aviation Camps of the Carolinas: What it is and what it does

• Timeless advice for young and aspiring pilots

RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED

• Aviation Officer Candidate School

• Devotion

• American Airlines

• Success Is An Attitude, Goal Achievement For A Lifetime by Brenda Robinson | Kindle and Paperback

ABOUT LCDR BRENDA ROBINSON

Brenda earned her private pilot certificate at MacArthur Airport in Islip, New York. While a senior at Dowling, a military services meeting paved Brenda's path to a military flight deck. Her 1977 selection as one of 10 women nationwide to attend the Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, FL, launched her on a path to becoming a naval aviator. 

She became the first African-American female graduate from Aviation Officer Candidate School. Her entire career is peppered with firsts for African-American women in the U.S. Navy: flight instructor, evaluator, and VIP transport pilot, to name a few. 

Today, Brenda shares her success stories in a number of ways. She published Success is an Attitude: Goal Achievement for a Lifetime in 1995. She is a sought-after speaker at schools and launched the Aviation Camps of the Carolinas in late 2014. She is currently working on her next book, The Very First Raven.

CONNECT WITH LCDR BRENDA

• Website:  Aviation Camps of the Carolinas

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