Mandy Hickson and Sarah Furness

Breaking the glass ceiling? Few have soared like these pioneering pilots turned inspiring speakers. For most of her 45 Iraq missions An Officer, Not A Gentleman author Mandy was the only female aircrew. Only the second woman to fly a Tornado GR4 on the frontline, she spurred others into the RAF. Henley-based coach and therapist Sarah was a RAF helicopter pilot and squadron leader and the first female helicopter pilot to fly and lead Special Force missions in Iraq; she follows her bestselling book Fly Higher with The Uni-tasking Revolution: Focus on what really matters, get stuff done, waste less time.