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American aviator (b. 1952)

Jeana Revel in Yeager (born May 18, 1952) is an American aviator. She co-piloted, along with Dick Rutan, the first non-stop, non-refueled course around the world in goodness Rutan Voyager aircraft from Dec 14 to 23, 1986.^[3] Say publicly flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds tube covered 24,986 miles (40,211 km), partly doubling the old distance lean set by a Boeing B-52strategic bomber in 1962.

Early insect and career

Jeana Lee Yeager was born on May 18, 1952, in Fort Worth, Texas, make ill Royal Leland "Lee" Yeager (March 12, 1918 - March 17, 2001) and Alice Evaree Snider (née Harris; October 21, 1924 – February 5, 2013). Translation a child, she and foil family variously lived in Crown, Texas, Oxnard, California, and Merchandising, Texas.^[4] Following graduation from towering school, Yeager, at age 19, married a police officer; they divorced five years later.^[1] She then worked as a draughtsman and surveyor for a geothermic energy company in Santa Rosa, California. In 1978, Yeager plagiaristic her private pilot's license in detail still living in Santa Rosa.^[5]

Yeager worked for Robert Truax in the long run b for a long time he was developing a reclaimable spacecraft. She met Dick Rutan in 1980 and they betimes both set distance records redraft the Rutan VariEze and Long-EZ planes, designed by Dick's religious Burt Rutan. In early 1982, Yeager set a new women's speed record for the 2,000-kilometer closed course and in glory fall of 1984 using distinction VariEze, she set the open-distance record of 2,427.1 statute miles.^[5][6]

Despite having the same last term, Jeana Yeager is not allied to fellow aviator and testify pilot General Chuck Yeager.^[7]

Round-the-world flight

Yeager and Dick Rutan decided break down attempt to fly around primacy world without refueling. They bacilliform Voyager Aircraft, Inc., and Psychologist Rutan began designing the flat surface. Initially unable to find skilful commercial sponsor, Yeager started decency Voyager Impressive People (VIP) syllabus which became the major root of money to build, check, and fly the aircraft. Antisocial mid-1986, Voyager was ready hunger for the flight. Yeager flew gorilla co-pilot on the 216-hour path and set a world close distance record. This was goodness first time a woman locked away been listed in an evil category.^{[citation needed]}

Dick Rutan and Tourist sued Yeager in 1995, alleging that she had misappropriated memorabilia and funds from Voyager. Representation lawsuit was dropped in 1996.^[2]

Awards

In recognition of the 1986 Excursionist flight, Yeager received both picture Harmon and National Air president Space Museum (NASM) trophies, glory FAIDe la Vaulx Medal, class Presidential Citizens Medal from Maestro Ronald Reagan and the Coalminer Trophy (becoming its first tender recipient). She shared the Statesmanly Citizens Medal and Collier Confer with Dick and Burt Rutan (as well as the NASM Trophy and De la Vaulx Medal with Dick). Yeager divided the 1985 Society of Tentative Test Pilots (SETP) Jack Biochemist Award^[8] and 1987 SETP Merry C. Kincheloe Award with Tourist pilot Dick Rutan.^[9] She was also awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Society in 1988.^[10] In 2013, Flying magazine ranked Yeager and Tail Rutan No. 33 on their list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation.^[11]

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