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In a field traditionally dominated by men, Captain Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimo has achieved remarkable success.

She is Nigeria’s first female Boeing 787 pilot, flying long-distance routes for Qatar Airways. Her story shows that with hard work, focus, and the right , anyone can achieve great things, regardless of gender.

Around the world, women are stepping into roles that were once considered “for men only.” Aviation, too, is undergoing this shift, and Captain Adeola is a shining example of how women can succeed in male-dominated spaces.

At just 31 years old, Captain Adeola is making history. She is the first Nigerian woman to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Qatar Airways.

This advanced airplane can reach speeds of Mach 0.85, or about 1,024 kilometers per hour. Adeola pilots this impressive machine, safely flying 250 engers across the world.

Her path to becoming a Dreamliner pilot wasn’t easy. Adeola’s story is one of determination, strength, and a love for flying.

Adeola was born on October 16, 1990, in Kaduna, Nigeria. She went to several schools in both Kaduna and Ibadan due to challenges like religious conflicts.

Despite these difficulties, Adeola remained focused and completed her secondary education at First Baptist Model High School in Kaduna in 2007.

After completing secondary school, she started a pre-degree course at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Oyo State.

But her ion for flying took over, and she enrolled at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology in Zaria. She completed her aviation training from 2009 to 2010 before going to Florida, USA, for further training at Sunrise Aviation Inc.

Once her pilot training was done, Adeola returned to Nigeria to start her flying career.

In 2013, Adeola began working for Medview Airlines in Lagos as a First Officer on Boeing 737 planes.

Her skills quickly earned her a promotion to fly the Boeing 767-300ER. But her biggest breakthrough came in 2018 when she ed Qatar Airways as the first Nigerian woman to pilot the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Her skills have taken her on transatlantic flights with the Boeing 767, and in 2020, she started flying the Lagos-to-Abuja route for Qatar Airways. Adeola now s a group of pioneering African female pilots like Chinyere Kalu, Nigeria’s first female commercial pilot, and Asli Hassan Abade, Somalia’s first female aviator.

Captain Adeola is not just a successful pilot; she’s also a wife and mother. She married Seun Funmi Olamilekan Sowemimo on April 22, 2017, and together they have a family. Managing her career and home life is no easy task, but Adeola has shown that it is possible to do both.

Captain Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimo is more than just a pilot. She represents hope, determination, and the idea that women can achieve anything if they put their minds to it. Her story is a source of inspiration for young African girls, showing them that with effort, they too can reach their dreams.

Adeola’s journey is a reminder that hard work and perseverance can help break barriers, no matter how high.

She is proof that nothing is impossible, and her story will continue to inspire many for years to come.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/09/meet-adeola-sowemimo-the-first-nigerian-woman-to-fly-boeing-787/

What a man can do, a woman can....

Young ladies should copy folks like this and stop dancing half-naked on social media and disgracing their family.

SmartPolician:
What a man can do, a woman can....

Nigerian women are going places more than the men. We men need to sit up.

docdes:
Nigerian women are going places more than the men. We men need to sit up.

They are trying honestly

They succesfully monopolized many sectors and professions. The only sector the men are currently ahead is in Engineering, Tech and maybe this Aeronautics and few others that requires enormous physical ability


Law, Banking and Health sector are highly professions where they have the biggest edge and their continuous influx is scary

I will be gone before my state elects a female governor

Smart woman, very rare to find...







Please someone help me, I stay around Ilupeju, and constantly travels to Ogbomosho, can I find smart woman like this within this my locality?

COMRADES, she has done well, congrats

Real slayer

SmartPolician:
What a man can do, a woman can....

Young ladies should copy folks like this and stop dancing half-naked on social media and disgracing their family.

You no provide industry for them to work inside na..

Why always Yoruba for good things in Nigeria ?

If na only meritocracy, Yorubas will occupy 99.99% of leadership positions in Nigeria. EVERYONE knows this is a fact.

Don't talk about Tinubu ooo. Baba Bulaba na from Guinea

Naija to the world

...while some women have been flying brooms since time immemorial.

Wow! Nice one 👍🏾

EvilMerodack:
Nice and Impressive

Shes young and getting it

OP should tag nlfpmod or Mynd44

Ahn ... Ahn, DevilsEqual . . . Dem don ban your again already this afternoon?

Make she come buy fuel. I dey sell blackmarket.

Is this suppose to be an achievement?
Okay then who is the first Nigerian to play videogames?

My kinda girl

Everyday247:
Is this suppose to be an achievement?

Baby factory and brothel na achievement for your side. We understand.

But you cant understand. Pele.

And that's why we wouldn't permit una to rule or even give you independence.

That's why Julius Berger sign was heavily celebrated there.

docdes:
Nigerian women are going places more than the men. We men need to sit up.

do you mean this?

docdes:
Nigerian women are going places more than the men. We men need to sit up.

where…with weaves or Prostitution?

Congrats to her…but where are Nigerian made planes and not those rented from African countries

We want to celebrate nonsense….

Cool

Una don start again

Seen.

LexngtonSteele:


Baby factory and brothel na achievement for your side. We understand.

But you cant understand. Pele.

Funny tribalist, flying a specific type of plane isn't an achievement. How is the first man in space different from the first black man in space?

LexngtonSteele:

Don't talk about Tinubu ooo. Baba Bulaba na from Guinea

Jubril of Sudan
Bola of Guinea

What is so special about a woman flying 787? Men have been flying the plane with no single noise about it.

Hmmm