Yola Cain

Yola Cain
Born1954 (1954)
Colony of Jamaica, British Empire
Died17 May 2000(2000-05-17) (aged 45–46)
California, United States
Known forFirst Jamaican-born woman to receive a pilot's license
Aviation career
Flight license1975
Air forceJamaica Defence Force
RankLieutenant

Yola Cain (1954 – 17 May 2000) was the first Jamaican born woman to gain a commercial and flight instructor license and the first woman to fly in the JDF, the Jamaica Defence Force.[1]

  1. ^ "Kingston, Kingston History | Celebrity, Sep 3, 1990". newspaperarchive.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.