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Age 27 – 7841 viewsThis was taken on a DC-10. I had just gotten my captain's type rating and flight engineer rating.
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Age 28 – 12799 viewsThis is in the cockpit of a Wien Air Alaska B-727 in 1984. I was hired as a flight engineer and made it to the copilot position before they went bankrupt.
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At My Childhood Home – 6197 viewsEnjoying a Kodak Moment with my duck, Meredith, in the patio of the San Diego home. where I grew up. From The Cockpit
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Meredith and Me – 8122 viewsHolding Meredith in our patio while growing up in San Diego.
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Cap'n Meryl in the Army – 10187 viewsI loaded this Cherokee Six up with Army ladies and flew from Alabama to San Diego in 1974 just after entering boot camp. Picture was taken by the San Diego Union.
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The Gov & Cap'n Meryl – 11437 viewsGovernor Wallace used to let me fly his Jet Commander when I wasn't busy with Army duties.
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Getting Promoted – 7675 viewsHere I am getting promoted after completing air traffic control school in the Army in 1975.
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Cap'n Meryl - Helicopter Pilot – 7314 viewsFlying a Bell 47--the type of helicopter they used in the TV show M.A.S.H. This was taken in Oakland in 1975.
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Fleetwings Seabird – 6054 viewsThis is my good friend Channing Clark standing on his 1936 Fleet Wings Seabird which I flew with him. Chan died just as I finished writing "The World At My Feet" and never knew he was part of "The World At My Feet." I put it here as a tribute to him.
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Cap'n Meryl at Inland Empire Airlines – 7575 viewsHere I am in my Inland Empire Airlines uniform. Picture was taken at my Fresno apartment in 1980 when I was 27.
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DC-10 Type Rating – 7906 viewsIn 1980, at age 27, I became the youngest person and first female in the world (according to the FAA) to become type-rated as captain on the DC-10. I got my turbojet flight engineer's rating at the same time. Left to right Tom Spears(another pilot who got his type rating that day also),Tommy Thompson (FAA), me, Jerry Warnke (my instructor) and Mike Grott, a flight manager.
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A Commuter Pilot – 8003 viewsFlight Planning with Inland Empire Airlines in California. They went under in 1981 or so, just after I bailed out and went to fly for Wien Air Alaska.
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