No fear of flying: Major Catherine Labuschagne takes to the skies
There is something about the term “Top Gun” that never fails to invoke the image of finely-honed, testosterone-fuelled muscle donning hi-tech headgear and stepping up a ladder into the cockpit of a sleek, deadly aircraft, on the way to save the world to the tune of Beethoven. Usually that muscle belongs to men. In an era when gender equity is slowly balancing the job scales across all industries, including the armed forces of most nations, a very tiny percentage of jet fighter pilots in the world are women. Major Catherine Labuschagne is not only one of these rare specimens, she…...





