Wally Funk

Wally Funk

Birth : 1939-02-01, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

History

Mary Wallace Funk is an American aviator, space tourist, and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the first female Federal Aviation Agency inspector, as well as one of the Mercury 13.

Profile

Wally Funk

Movies

Mercury 13
Herself
After rigorous testing in 1961, a small group of skilled female pilots are asked to step aside when only men are selected for spaceflight.