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Topic: Sarah Ratley, 'Mercury 13' pilot (1933-2020)
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albatron
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From: Stuart, Florida
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 03-30-2020 04:17 PM
   
It is with a heavy heart and tears, that I report "Mercury 13" member Sarah Ratley passed away on March 18, 2020. I just spoke with her daughter to confirm this after being notified by Gene Nora Jessen. She had been sick for a while.There is not going to be any service. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-30-2020 04:27 PM
Sarah Ratley's entry for the National Air and Space Museum's Wall of Honor: I was born on August 30, 1933. I learned to fly an airplane before I learned to drive a car. I have had interest and passion for flight since I can remember. It was in 1949 when I first soloed. I became a member of the Ninety-Nines, a women's pilot association started by Amelia Earhart in 1951 and flew in six air races in the Powder Puff Derby across The United States.Not only do I still fly, I hold a commercial pilot's license and multiengine land and water instrument rating, single engine sea, rotor, and glider rating. I am also a Whirly Girl helicopter pilot and one of the Mercury 13. The Mercury 13 was the first group of women trying to become astronauts by the Lovelace foundation, for the first women astronaut program. I received a call on Friday from Dr. Lovelace and was in Albuquerque New Mexico on Monday. I had to leave my job at AT&T as an electrical engineer. I have a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics with a minor in Chemistry and Physics. I received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin on May 12, 2007. Soon completing the Mercury 13 program I came home and became an accountant. I currently work for the Federal Government in Kansas City. Always believe and follow your dreams. Keep your eyes on the horizon. Who wants to settle for normal when you can be exceptionally unique! |
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