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Emily Howell Warner (born October 30, 1939 in Denver, Colorado) is an American airline pilot and the first woman captain of a scheduled US airline.〔 In 1973, Warner was the first woman pilot to be hired by a scheduled US airline since Helen Richey was hired as a co-pilot in 1934. In 1976 Warner was the first woman to become a US airline captain. Her career has been recognized by multiple halls of fame, including the National Aviation Hall of Fame and National Women’s Hall of Fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Emily Howell Warner )〕 Her pilot’s uniform is on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. In addition to piloting, Warner was a flight school manager in Denver, Colorado. She was a flight instructor and FAA designated flight examiner holding multiple ratings.〔 She flew more than 21,000 flight hours and performed more than 3,000 check rides and evaluations over her career.〔 She is retired. == Early life == Emily Howell was born on October 30, 1939, and attended Holy Family High School in Colorado.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=NASAO's Aviation Firsts by State, Colorado )〕 Warner was interested in airplanes as a child. After graduating high school she looked into becoming a flight attendant.〔 At seventeen, she decided on a career in piloting after her first trip on an airplane.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, Emily Howell Warner )〕 She was allowed to sit in the cockpit of a plane flying her home after a trip away from Denver. Warner said, “The pilot could see how excited I was and he encouraged me to take flying lessons. I replied: ‘Can girls do that?’”〔 She started flying in 1958, after getting the approval of her parents for lessons.〔〔 The lessons cost thirteen dollars per week at a time that she had a thirty-eight dollar per week paycheck.〔 She sometimes worked fourteen hours a day, with a morning flight, a full-time office job, and an evening flight. She obtained her private pilot license and a job as a flying traffic reporter within a year.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emily Howell Warner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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