Alaska commercial pilot Dolena Fox fulfills her dream of flying other Yup’ik locals

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Only 6% of professional American pilots are women. Dolena Fox recently became one of them.
The Native Alaskan is also one of a handful of female Yup’ik commercial pilots and hopes others will learn to fly, too.
Olivia Ebertz of KYUK has this profile.
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