Английская Википедия:Doris Lockness

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Шаблон:Short description Doris Lockness (February 2, 1910 – January 30, 2017) was a pioneering American aviator.[1][2]

Biography

Lockness was born in Pennsylvania in 1910 and began flying in 1939 and worked as a liaison engineer at Douglas Aircraft Company.[3]

She left in 1943 to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.[2] After the war she continued in aviation, working as a flight instructor and performing at air shows.[3]

Lockness died in 2017 in Folsom.[1]

In 1997, a biography of Lockness was included in a “Women and Flight” exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum.[2]

Awards

  • In 1996, Lockness was awarded a Whirly Girls Livingston Award
  • In 1997, she was awarded the NAA's Katharine Wright Memorial Trophy.

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