Bonnie Tiburzi was born on August 31, 1948, in Connecticut. Her father was a pilot during WWII with the Air Transport Command and TWA. He later started his own regional airline called Tiburzi Airways. By the time she was 12, Bonnie had already learned how to work the instruments of several different planes and her father had started to give her proper flying lessons. She quickly realized that she wanted to pursue being a pilot for her career.

By 1972, Bonnie had earned her private, commercial, instructors, instrument flying and multi-engine pilot's licenses. She was flying for a small commuter airline in Florida as well as a copilot for a private charter company in Europe, and the following year when she applied to be a pilot for American Airlines where over 15,000 applicants were competing for 214 positions.

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