The First Black Woman To Fly A Boeing 777 For Air Canada On Making History: ‘If You Have A Burning Desire To Do Something, Don’t Bury It’

Zoey Williams soared to new heights in the world of aviation when she became Air Canada’s first Black female pilot to fly a Boeing 777.

When the 27-year-old began working for the Canadian airlines, she was the first Black female pilot to join the team. A few months ago recently made history again within the organization as a First Officer on a Boeing 777, and she got to do this alongside her father Orrett Williams, a Boeing 777 Captain at Air Canada who played a role in sparking her interest in aviation, according to Black News.

Williams spent her childhood catching many flights and living overseas in Europe, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and the Middle East according to an Instagram post by Elevate Aviation. She began her flying journey when she was 15 and by the age of 16, the young airwoman earned her first license.

“It was quite an interesting upbringing,” she said in an interview with her college alma mater, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University. “I grew up on…