An earlier chapter matters too: interviews published by Leading Ladies Africa describe Matimba entering Air Force of Zimbabwe pilot training when few women worked in aviation. Her career connects the mid-1990s with an airline milestone almost two decades later.
The 2015 flight was the first all-women flight-deck crew on the airline's Boeing 737, not a claim that every member of the aircraft crew was female. That precision honours what actually happened.
The recognition is for the years of training and professional competence behind the moment. Zimbabwean aviation history should also document instructors, technicians and other women who entered the field.
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