Jeana Yeager
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Jeana Yeager (born May 18, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an aviator, most famous for flying with Dick Rutan on a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft in 1986 from December 14 to December 23.[1] The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds and covered 24,986 miles (40,211 km), more than doubling the old distance record set by a Boeing B-52 bomber in 1962. In recognition of this achievement, she received the Harmon Trophy, the FAI De la Vaulx Medal and is the first woman to have received the Collier Trophy.
Despite sharing a surname, Jeana Yeager is not related to the famous pilot, Charles "Chuck" Yeager.
[edit] References
- ^ Onkst, David H. Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, and the Flight of the Voyager. U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission.
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