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First Female Pilot Joins Blue Angels
Female naval aviators have been flying fighter jets for 20 years but none have ever broken into the rarefied territory of the choicest job available to them — Blue Angels demonstration team pilot. (www.flyingmag.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I go to air shows to see aviation in action. I honestly don't care who flies them. That she's flying Fat Albert is not a lesser thing. Fat Albert Rocks
How about letting the girls fly the Hornets!!!
They have been for a number of years.... just not with the Blues....
I kind of wondered about the same thing. Seems the Navy is a little lagging in letting a female handle the jets. The Thunderbirds passed that milestone years ago.
Seems to me the Navy might have simply had the right priority - find the best pilots, period, without consideration of their gender, to fill spots that open on the team. I'd rather see a slot filled by the best pilot, rather than the best pilot who fits a politically correct agenda but may not have qualified strictly on ability and skills. You don't gain equality by forcing balanced quotas or politically correct agendas on organizations. You gain equality by simply making anything but ability, skill, training and experience irrelevant to the selection process.
Amen....