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.
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