GIRLS CAN FLY
Apia, SAMOA — The first time Samoa Airways pilot, Fanaafi Sooaemalelagi flew an airplane almost seven years ago, she describes the sensation as a little more than your average case of ‘butterflies in the stomach.’
“I remember thinking; these aren’t butterflies — these are more like dragons!” said...

![This undated photo released by Samoa Airways shows the airline’s female pilot, Fanaafi Sooaemalelagi, looking at the camera from inside the cockpit of the airline’s aircraft in Samoa. [photo: Fine Mat Creative/Samoa Airways] Fanaafi Sooaemalelagi, looking at the camera from inside the cockpit of the airline’s aircraft](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_air_pilot_01_0.jpg?itok=V3J-bFbX)