We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.
Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
We were young, we were pilots, and we were hungry to test the new technology of 'space machines.' And we all wanted to be first.
I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.
My father's an early aviator, and my first flight was with him at age two. Now, despite the fact that I got sick on the flight, I still enjoyed it, I believe.
I'm lucky because I do get to fly first-class now.
I'll admit I wanted to be a pilot, originally.
And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
I just personally decided I was going to be the first woman fighter pilot.
I remember the first time that I flew on an airplane overseas, it was about when I was seven; it was 1969.
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