Welcome to the inaugural episode of The BoXX Office. Below are the show notes for this episode providing a brief introduction and links to stories covered in this episode. Also, just below this paragraph is a link to download the audio file in an mp3 format that can be listened to on a computer or other personal music listening device, (iPod, mp3 player, Windows Media player, etc.)
Hope you enjoy the show. Let's burn this candle!
Feature Presentation
Photo Courtesy of Capt. Emily Howell Warner |
A young Emily Hanrahan, from North Denver, not yet 18 years old, disembarked from a her first airplane ride in a Frontier Airlines DC-3 and began an unlikely career in aviation with the query, "Can a girl take flying lessons?" What happened after that is history. She had logged over 7000 hours at the controls of various aircraft before earning the position and title of the first woman Air Transport Pilot for a Modern, Jet-Equipped Scheduled Airline.
Photo Courtesy of Capt. Emily Howell Warner |
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For more information on Capt. Emily Howell Warner's career click on the following links:
Biography: Weaving the Winds
Airport Journals: How Emily Hanrahan Howell Warner Conquered the Male-Dominated Airline Industry
Air Line Pilots Association, International: Cleared to Dream
More Pioneers...
This list is by no means 100% comprehensive. Just the tip of the iceberg.
1906 E. Lillian Todd (USA) - First Woman to Design and Build an Aircraft
1910 Raymonde de Laroche (France) - First Woman in the World to Receive Pilot License
1921 Bessie Coleman (USA) - First African-American (male or female) to Receive a Pilot License
1927 Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie (USA) - First Woman to Obtain an Aircraft Mechanics License
1929 Florence "Pancho" Barnes (USA) - First Woman Stunt Pilot in Motion Pictures
1942 Mary Van Scyoc (USA) - First Woman Air Traffic Controller
1942 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP, USA) - First U.S. Women Pilots to Fly Military Aircraft
1947 Ellen Shaw Carter (USA) - First Woman to Receive a Helicopter Rating
1953 Jacqueline Cochran (USA) - First Woman to Break the Sound Barrier (in a Northrop T-38)
1963 Valentina Tereshkova (U.S.S.R.) - First Woman in Space
1973 Emily Howell Warner (USA) - First Woman to be Hired as an Air Transport Pilot for a Modern, Jet-Equipped Scheduled Airline (Frontier Airlines)
1974 Barbara Allen Rainey (USA) - First Woman Pilot in U.S. Military (Navy)
1983 Sally Ride, Ph.D. (USA) - First U.S. Woman in Space
1984 Svetlana Savitskaya (U.S.S.R.) - First Woman to Walk in Space
1984 Kathryn Sullivan (USA) - First U.S. Woman to Walk in Space
1993 U.S. Department of Defense opens combat aviation to women
1999 Lt. Col. Eileen Collins (USAF) - First Woman Space Shuttle Commander
Special Thanks
Mile High Flyers Podcast
Plane Crazy Down Under Podcast
Ninety-Nines of Colorado
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
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Credits....
Excerpt of Phenomenal Woman. Angelou, M. (1995), Phenomenal Woman, Random House
Permission has been given by all persons featured in this program for the exclusive use of The BoXX Office. Any other use is prohibited. © 2011
Unless otherwise noted, music and sounds effects subject to Creative Commons License 3.0. Downloaded from www.JewelBeat.com.
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Credits....
Excerpt of Phenomenal Woman. Angelou, M. (1995), Phenomenal Woman, Random House
Permission has been given by all persons featured in this program for the exclusive use of The BoXX Office. Any other use is prohibited. © 2011
Unless otherwise noted, music and sounds effects subject to Creative Commons License 3.0. Downloaded from www.JewelBeat.com.
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This was a fantastic interview and a very well put together podcast. Congratulations Zyola!
ReplyDeleteThe hard work I know you've been putting into preparing this first episode absolutely shows here and I'm seriously looking forward to hearing the next one.
Mahalo, Steve for the support and vote of confidence! It was great fun trying to put it together.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really good episode. I love the historical information. It was a moving piece that made me laugh and think deep all at the same time. Such an interesting story!
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