"The most challenging aspect of being an airline pilot wasn't the actual flying," retired pilot Stephanie Wallach told Newsweek.

In the 1940s, with the U.S. facing a huge pilot shortage, more than 1,000 women were trained to fly military planes ...

Within half an hour of her first-ever flight, "a spell was cast," pilot Stephanie Wallach said, noting "I just knew that that was what I wanted to do forever." ...

Runway to the cockpit To determine if she should pursue ... She has also joined her company’s female pilot advisory group to bring more women into the male-dominated industry.

NTSB investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight ... The crew chief was named as father-of-one Ryan O'Hara. The female co-pilot has yet to be named. Eaves' devastated wife ...