Chinyere Kalu, MFR (née Onyenucheya) ita ce mace ƴar Nijeriya ta farko da ta fara tuƙin jirgin sama kuma ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara tashi jirgin sama a Najeriya . Ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar riƙo da kuma babban malamin Kwalejin Kwalejin Jirgin Sama na Najeriya tsakanin Oktoba 2011 da Fabrairu 2014. Ƴar asalin Akwete, karamar hukumar Ukwa ta Gabas a jihar Abia, Gabashin Najeriya, Kalu ta taso karkashin kulawar mahaifiyarta bayan rabuwar iyayenta. Ta girma ne a cikin babban dangi mai taimako. Ta yanke shawarar fara aikin ta ne a jirgin sama saboda goggonta mai son zuwa, sanannen tafiye-tafiye zuwa kasashen waje. Ta yi karatun firamare a Anglican Girls Grammar School, Yaba, Jihar Legas, kafin ta samu horo a matsayin matukin jirgi mai zaman kanta da kasuwanci a 1978 a Kwalejin Kwalejin Jirgin Sama ta Najeriya, Zariya karkashin SP.12 Batch. Daga baya ta dauki kwasa-kwasan jirgin sama da na sufuri da dama a Ingila da Amurka kafin ta samu lasisin ta na matukin jirgin sama na kasuwanci a ranar 20 ga Mayu 1981, daga Kwalejin Kwalejin Jirgin Sama ta Najeriya // .