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Milcah Mumbe: 21-year-old pilot cruising in the skies

Many passengers are apprehensive when they learn that Milcah is flying them. But after the flight, they are left amazed by her expertise [Photo: Courtesy]

Welcome aboard ladies and gentlemen. Flying you is pilot MILCAH MUMBE, 21 years old. Believe it or not this youngling is a commercial pilot licence holder with 1,300 flying hours to her credit. PETER MUIRURI spoke to her

When my photographer and I met Milcah Mumbe at a Nairobi hotel a week ago, she oozed the girliness of a catwalk model as opposed to the serious demeanour associated with pilots.

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