Did You Know - Phoebe Omlie

 The First Female To Receive An Aircraft Mechanic's License

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Aviation Maintenance Technician Day is celebrated on May 24th each year.  This is because it's Charles E. Taylor's birthday, and he invented the first aircraft engine, effectively making him the first aircraft mechanic.  This, of course, brings us to Phoebe Jane Fairgrave Omlie, who happens to be the first female to receive a FAA aircraft mechanic’s license.

This amazing pioneer achieved many firsts in her life.  They included, but are not limited to:

• First woman to acquire FAA mechanic license
• First woman to receive a transport pilot license
• First woman to cross the Rocky Mountains in a light aircraft
• First woman to own a flying circus
• Set world record for women's parachute jump of 15,200 feet in 1922
• First woman to hold a federal aviation position

COOL NOTE:

It is even thought that William Faulkner loosely modeled his protagonists for his novel Pylon after Phoebe and her husband, Vernon.

  

Happy Birthday USAF - September 18, 1947

 PROUD TO BE AN AIRMAN

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I am not a political person, but I am a patriot because I believe in freedom and diversity.  I believe in service to my country, community, and family.  However, there are many ways for people to serve, and, for me, it was by enlisting in the United States Air Force.

There isn't anything glamorous or romantic about war.  Death, suffering, cruelty...  I wish we could eradicate such things from our world, but I know that isn't reality.  So, I strive for balance, justice, forgiveness, and compassion.  I joined because 'the best defense is a good offense'.  Now, that can - and has - been interpreted in many ways, but for me, it means this: when your people are strong, healthy, and cooperative, then no one can break you down.  If you have a well trained military, then no one wants to engage with that military.  You work to be the best so that you perform with precision to save lives while completing the job quickly to end issues before they escalate.

All that said to explain why I am so proud to be a veteran, when I simply want to say happy 73rd birthday to my beloved Air Force.
And, to my first home, the 14th AS, 'once a pelican, always a pelican!'

Did You Know - JERRIE MOCK

 First Woman To Fly Solo Around The World - 1964

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Geraldine 'Jerrie' Mock was from Ohio.  She not only became the first woman to fly solo around the world (for which she was presented the FAA's Exceptional Service Decoration by President Lyndon B. Johnson), but she's also one of the first female aeronautical engineering students at Ohio State University.  In addition to these 'firsts' (and many others), this remarkable woman boasts the following, as well:

• During her historic solo flight, she was the first PERSON to fly the Pacific Ocean in a single-engine aircraft
• First PERSON to set a speed record in a fixed-wing, class C1-c (1964)
• Jerrie was the first woman as well as the first U.S. citizen to be awarded the Louis Bleriot Medal in 1965

Jerrie Mock is one of the pioneers of aviation, along with Amelia Earhart and Bessie Coleman.

  
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Did You Know Bessie Coleman

FIRST LICENSED AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN PILOT

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I am a HUGE aerophile.  My love of aviation was born in me and nurtured as I grew.  It was apart of my education as well as my career.  That being said, my reading and writing would be lacking without it.  Not to mention, the amazing women who inspired us all to soar beyond the social tethers trying to bound us all.  One such lady is Bessie Coleman.

Bessie was known to be an avid reader, which was strongly encouraged by her mother.  Unusual for most Americans during her time, she, also, graduated high school.  She attended one term of college (which she paid for herself) and later moved to Chicago, where she became a manicurist until she could save up enough for flight school.  As there weren't opportunities for women, people of color, or Native Americans in the United States, she eventually traveled to France.  That is where she trained and received her international pilot license from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Bessie Coleman was best known for her amazing flying skills.  She is credited for perfecting life-saving maneuvers into aero-stunts.  This is how she got her nicknames: 'Brave Bessie;, "Queen Bess', and  'The Only Race Aviatrix in the World.'

She studied with the famous WWI German ace pilot, Captain Keller and test piloted airplanes in the Netherlands for Anthony Fokker, “The Flying Dutchman.” … These men trusted her flying skills. She perfected life-saving maneuvers into finely polished aerobatic stunts—figure eights; loop the loops, trick climbs, and landing the airplane with the engine off. In Germany, she was praised for flying the largest and most awkward aircraft ever flown by a woman. – ibid.

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AUTHOR Amelia Earhart

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Everyone knows of Amelia Earhart because of the mystery surrounding her death.  What they don't always realize is the accomplishments this amazing woman achieved.  According to Newsweek, this pioneering woman fearlessly tackled the following:

• The first woman to fly solo above 14,000 feet
• The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
• The first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, a military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during an aerial flight.
• The first woman to fly solo, nonstop across the United States
• The first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the United States mainland

Not only do I have a passion for aviation but I have a background in it.  So, it should come as no surprise that I am an admirer of Amelia Earhart.  Of course, my respect for her goes beyond her obvious career as she pioneered more than just the skies.  As a woman, she lead the way for females to have new pathways (an example is the Ninety-nines), and she showed great compassion for people while serving as a Red Cross nurse.  Still, I learned something new today, which most people don't realize: Amelia Earhart was a bestselling author!




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