Chinyere Kalu, MFR (née Onyenucheya) is the first Nigerian female commercial pilot and the first woman to fly an aircraft in Nigeria.
She served as the rector and Chief Executive of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology between October 2011 and February 2014.
[1][2] A native of Akwete, Ukwa East LGA in Abia State, Eastern Nigeria, Kalu grew up under the care of her mother after the separation of her parents.
[3][4] She had her primary school education at Anglican Girls Grammar School, Yaba, Lagos State,[5] before she trained as a private and commercial pilot in 1978 at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria under SP.12 Batch.
[7] In October 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed her the rector and chief instructor of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology.