- Evelyn Johnson
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name = Evelyn Johnson
birth_date = birth date and age|1909|11|4
birth_place = flagicon|KentuckyCorbin, Kentucky ,United States
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occupation = PilotEvelyn Bryan Johnson, (born
November 4 ,1909 ) nicknamed “Mama Bird”, was born inCorbin, Kentucky , U.S.. She is the female pilot with the most number of flying hours in the world.Johnson, who learned to fly in 1944, has currently logged in 57,635.4 flying hours, and is the oldest flight instructor in the world. She has trained more pilots, given more FAA exams than any other pilot, and is named in the Guinness Book of World Records. Johnson is an inductee of the Women in Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame, the
Tennessee andKentucky aviation halls of fame and others. She was awarded a bronze Carnegie Medal for rescuing a helicopter pilot after he crashed.On
July 21 ,2007 , Johnson was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame inDayton, Ohio , alongside astronautSally Ride and adventurerSteve Fossett , among others. The induction was her sixth such honor.At age 98, Johnson continued to serve as the Manager of
Morristown, Tennessee 's Moore-Murrell Airport, a job she had held for 53 years at that point. A car crash onSeptember 10 ,2006 , forced doctors to amputate her leg. She currently still serves as the airport manager.
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