Pilot Names

Here are the assignments...
| ID(Pilot#) | Name | Achievement |
| 1(27) | Amelia Earhart | Many - First woman to solo the Atlantic. |
| 2(28) | Shannon Lucid | First woman to be awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor - spent six months on Mir. |
| 3(29) | Blanche Stuart Scott (aka "Buddy Buddy") | Without permission or knowledge of Glenn Curtiss, the airplane's owner and builder, removes a small wood wedge and is able to get the airplane airborne -- without any flying lessons -- thus becoming the first American woman to pilot an airplane |
| 4(30) | Sally Ride | First American Woman in Space. |
| 5(31) | Svetlana Savitskaya | First woman to walk in space. |
| 6(32) | Kathrine Sullivan | First American woman to walk in space. |
| 7(33) | Mae Jemison | First African-American woman in space. |
| 8(34) | Ellen Ochoa | First Hispanic woman in space. |
| 9(35) | Anna Fisher | First person to retrieve a malfunctioning satellite, using the orbiter remote manipulator arm. |
| 10(36) | Eileen Collins | First woman to pilot a space shuttle. |
| 11(37) | Elisabeth Thible | First woman to fly in a hot-air baloon. |
| 12(38) | Therese Peltier | First woman to fly an airplane solo. |
Thanks to About.com for their articles: Women in Space - Timeline and Women in Aviation - Timeline.


0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home