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]
Recognition[]
In 1996 Lockness was awarded a Whirly Girls Livingston Award and in 1997 she was awarded the NAA's Katharine Wright Memorial Trophy. Also in 1997, a biography of Lockness was included in a “Women and Flight” exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum.[2]
Death[]
Lockness died in 2017, three days before her 107th birthday.[where?]
References[]
- ↑ Press, Associated. "Doris Lockness, one of the country's most honored female pilots, dies at 106". http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-doris-lockness-20170208-story.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hall of Fame pilot Doris Lockness has died". 2017-03-02. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/february/03/hall-of-fame-pilot-doris-lockness-has-died. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A happy birthday for the woman who can fly". 2016-02-24. http://www.villagelife.com/news/a-happy-birthday-for-the-woman-who-can-fly. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
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