In this 2020 video, Retired Col. Merryl Tengesdal, the first and only African American woman to fly the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, shares her journey from Navy pilot to Air Force pioneer. She ...
Jerrie Mock was the first woman to fly around the world alone, wearing tights, heels and pearls, in a plane called Charlie. On 19 March 1964, Jerrie Mock made aviation history when she became the ...