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Born August 23, 1949 in Seattle, Washington, Norah O'Neill learned to fly in 1973 and became the first woman pilot for Alaska Central Air (1974)〔The Western Flyer 1st Issue of October, 1976 "''WESTERN Flyer REPORTS / ALASKA''"〕〔Chevrolet Friends magazine, January 1976; "''Alaskan Bush Pilot, Norah O'Neill''"〕 and the Flying Tiger Line (1976).〔Flying Tigers History: "''The First jet freighter pilot, Norah O'Neill''" http://www.flyingtigerline.org/History/1970p4.htm〕〔USA Today, May 25, 2005; "ANOTHER EMPTY SWIMMING POOL", ''Ask The Captain, FROM CAP'N MERYL'' http://www.fromthecockpit.com/Blogg/2005_05_01_ask-the-captain_archive.html〕 During her thirty-five years as an airline pilot, Norah amassed 22,000 hours and was the first woman in the world to pilot the Douglas DC-8 (1977) and to fly passengers on the Boeing 747 (August, 1980).〔International Society of Women Airline Pilots (ISA + 21) http://www.iswap.org/〕 Piloting large jet transports on trans-pacific routes for Flying Tigers resulted in Norah being photographed and interviewed by Asian publications〔Non-no No. 177 February 20, 1979〕〔Chosun Hotel Magazine August, 1977〕 as the first woman airline pilot to land in Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. Mentoring and encouraging the female aviators who followed her was an important part of Norah's career. She was one of the founders of the (International Society of Women Airline Pilots (ISA + 21) ) in 1978. She served as vice president of that society for two years and as historian for twenty years. She is also a contributing member of the (Women in Aviation International (WAI) ) and The Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots. Norah continues to speak at schools and institutions about women pursuing their dream careers. == Author == Norah's memoir, (''Flying Tigress'' (p.2005) ),〔(Flying Tigress (p.2005) )〕 gives a candid account of the many challenges she overcame to become a woman 747 pilot in the male dominated commercial pilot profession. Norah was a contributing writer for (''Tiger Tales, An Anecdotal History of the Flying Tiger Line'' (p.2000) )〔(''Tiger Tales, An Anecdotal History of the'' ''Flying Tiger Line'' ) by LaVerne Moldrem (p.2000)〕 and ''Heart of a Military Woman'' (p. 2009).〔Heart of a Military Woman by Sheryl L. Roush and Eldonna Lewis Fernandez (p. 2009)〕 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「Norah O'Neill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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