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donv
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Jerrie Cobb-- RIP
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April 27, 2019, 01:04:21 am »
Jerrie Cobb passed away March 18. She was most famous for almost becoming the first female astronaut, but before that she was famous as a test and demonstration pilot for Aero Commander!
Nice obit from the Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/25/she-would-have-been-first-american-woman-space-congress-held-her-back/?utm_term=.94429b8a1ddd
After her NASA dreams were ended, she did missionary flying in South America for almost 50 years...
RIP, Jerrie.
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Bruce Byerly
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April 27, 2019, 12:19:42 pm »
She was quite the aviator - I gave the book about her to my daughter Amelia.
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kent4142
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April 27, 2019, 08:16:46 pm »
Wow! I never knew about her. Thanks!
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donv
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April 27, 2019, 09:05:26 pm »
This is a fun article about flying to Europe with Jerrie Cobb in a 680E straight from the assembly line...
https://books.google.com/books?id=An1u3X80zRAC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=flying+magazine+jerrie+cobb+commander+atlantic&source=bl&ots=F1TwUW86gr&sig=ACfU3U0_TXI_vT6VLXWQN4pBqavEScI54w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjByZintu_hAhWUrZ4KHSuOA0kQ6AEwBHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=flying%20magazine%20jerrie%20cobb%20commander%20atlantic&f=false
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