Sabiha Gökçen: The World’s First Female Combat Pilot & Atatürk’s Sky Daughter
Most travelers know Sabiha Gökçen as the code ‘SAW’ on their boarding pass. But the woman behind the name was the world’s first female combat pilot and a symbol of Turkey’s modernization. From an orphanage in Bursa to the cockpit of a bomber, this is her story.