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American aviator (b. 1952)

Jeana Lee Yeager (born May 18, 1952) is proscribe American aviator. She co-piloted, along ready to go Dick Rutan, the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in dignity Rutan Voyager aircraft from December 14 to 23, 1986.^[3] The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds and covered 24,986 miles (40,211 km), almost doubling the old distance tilt set by a Boeing B-52strategic hoagy in 1962.

Early life and career

Jeana Lee Yeager was born on Possibly will 18, 1952, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Royal Leland "Lee" Yeager (March 12, 1918 - March 17, 2001) and Alice Evaree Snider (née Harris; October 21, 1924 – February 5, 2013). As a child, she captain her family variously lived in Chaplet, Texas, Oxnard, California, and Commerce, Texas.^[4] Following graduation from high school, Yeager, at age 19, married a policewomen officer; they divorced five years later.^[1] She then worked as a artist and surveyor for a geothermal potency company in Santa Rosa, California. Reside in 1978, Yeager obtained her private pilot's license while still living in Santa Rosa.^[5]

Yeager worked for Robert Truax stretch he was developing a reusable satellite. She met Dick Rutan in 1980 and they soon both set deviate records in the Rutan VariEze become more intense Long-EZ planes, designed by Dick's fellow Burt Rutan. In early 1982, Yeager set a new women's speed top secret for the 2,000-kilometer closed course be first in the fall of 1984 the VariEze, she set the open-distance record of 2,427.1 statute miles.^[5][6]

Despite acquiring the same last name, Jeana Yeager is not related to fellow helmsman and test pilot General Chuck Yeager.^[7]

Round-the-world flight

Yeager and Dick Rutan decided motivate attempt to fly around the sphere without refueling. They formed Voyager Footing, Inc., and Burt Rutan began calculating the aircraft. Initially unable to leave a commercial sponsor, Yeager started description Voyager Impressive People (VIP) program which became the major source of means to build, test, and fly dignity aircraft. By mid-1986, Voyager was lettering for the flight. Yeager flew chimpanzee co-pilot on the 216-hour flight come to rest set a world absolute distance not to be disclosed. This was the first time simple woman had been listed in representative absolute category.^{[citation needed]}

Dick Rutan and Sightseer sued Yeager in 1995, alleging drift she had misappropriated memorabilia and means from Voyager. The lawsuit was cast aside in 1996.^[2]

Awards

In recognition of the 1986 Voyager flight, Yeager received both magnanimity Harmon and National Air and Spaciousness Museum (NASM) trophies, the FAIDe coldness Vaulx Medal, the Presidential Citizens Adornment from President Ronald Reagan and goodness Collier Trophy (becoming its first individual recipient). She shared the Presidential Community Medal and Collier Trophy with Detective and Burt Rutan (as well by the same token the NASM Trophy and De course of action Vaulx Medal with Dick). Yeager common the 1985 Society of Experimental Unswerving Pilots (SETP) Jack Northrop Award^[8] prosperous 1987 SETP Iven C. Kincheloe Accord with Voyager pilot Dick Rutan.^[9] She was also awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute cloudless 1988.^[10] In 2013, Flying magazine ranged Yeager and Dick Rutan No. 33 on their list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation.^[11]

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