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Patricia Denkler (born October 4, 1952) is a former American naval aviator.She was the first woman to land a plane on an aircraft carrier. [1]U.S. Navy Lt. Patricia A. Denkler, assigned to Training Squadron 4 (VT-4), performs a preflight check on a Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (US), in 1982.
The news comes just a week after an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot, Joseph Emerson, was charged with more than 80 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to shut down the plane’s ...
Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that the pilot accused of threatening to shoot the plane's captain during a flight no longer works for the airline, and federal officials say his authority to carry ...
Jonathan J. Dunn was indicted on Oct. 18 and charged with interfering with a flight crew, court papers filed in U.S. District Court in Utah show.
November 10, 1946: Delta Air Lines Flight 10, a Douglas DC-3 which departed Jackson, Mississippi attempting to land at then Meridian Key Field (MEI) in a thunderstorm and winds, had a runway excursion after landing, going beyond the end of the runway and up the western slope of a ditch adjoining the highway adjacent to the airport, bouncing over a highway, and coming to rest with the nose ...
Patricia W. Malone (July 4, 1924 – August 12, 2008) was a pioneering member of the WAVES; trainer of aircraft carrier pilots; Link training instructor for the U.S. Air Force, Trans World Airlines, and Northeast Airlines; and the only woman pilot trainer for Delta Air Lines for many years.
A Delta Air Lines pilot has been praised for his one rule for passengers: be respectful. In a viral video shared to Instagram, a pilot was seen making an announcement to Delta passengers during a ...
The flight crew consisted of Captain John Streil (49) and First Officer Sidney Burrill (31). Captain Streil, a highly experienced pilot, had accumulated roughly 14,800 flight hours throughout his flying career. He had 17 years of experience as pilot-in-command and had been flying DC-9s since 1970, with 1,457 hours logged in them.