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Aviation Honoree
Carole Hopson flies the Boeing 737 for United Airlines as a First Officer, based in Newark, NJ. After a remarkable 20-year career as a journalist and executive, she followed her dream to become a pilot and share her passion with others as a flight instructor while raising her family. Despite her success, Carole always yearned to follow a childhood passion. Walking away from executive-level positions, she went to flight school with enthusiasm and completed flight training at the peak of her corporate accomplishments. True to her roots as a writer, Carole has published her first novel, A Pair of Wings: A Novel Based on the Life of Pioneer Aviatrix Bessie Coleman, the first American to earn the French civilian pilot’s license
