[net.columbia] Women shuttle pilots

fisher@dvinci.DEC (Burns Fisher, MRO3-1/E13, DTN 231-4108) (09/14/84)

>  When will the first woman pilot/command a shuttle?

I believe that there are currently no women pilots; they are all mission
specialists.  Based on my memory of the astronaut application forms (didn't
you fill one out too?) shuttle pilots still need to have a number of thousands
of hours of flight time before applying.  This means that the hiring of women
pilot astronauts will always lag the hiring of women in entry-level flying
positions.  (Do the various military flying services have women flyers?)

Burns

faunt@saturn.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (09/16/84)

Back when I was reading Naval Aviation News, four to five years
ago, the Navy had at least half-a-dozen female pilots, but
only one was flying jets (A7's), and she was at China Lake Naval
Weapons Test Center, I think.

hawk@oliven.UUCP (09/17/84)

>(Do the various military flying services have women flyers?)

For non combat planes, yes.

rick

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