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| Using aviation to entertain and educate girls about their limitless opportunities... |
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| Using aviation to entertain and educate girls about their limitless opportunities... |
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| Using aviation to entertain and educate girls about their limitless opportunities... |
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Military and Civilian Pilot, Dispatcher and Navigator
Hi, My name is Trish Beckman, and I was a Commander in the US Navy
(now retired). I currently fly for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, in
Seattle, Washington. I hold FAA licenses as an Aircraft Dispatcher and a
Flight Navigator. I also fly as a System Operator (similar to flight engineer)
for production and engineering test flights of the Boeing 737, and as a
Flight Navigator for ferry flights and engineering test flights (737, 767, 777).
I have over 4100 flight hours in 71 aircraft types.
I spent over 28 years on active duty in the US Navy (8 years enlisted and 20
years as an officer). As a Naval Flight Officer (NFO, or Navigator), I flew in
67 types of aircraft. My primary aircraft qualifications were in the EC-130Q,
F/A-18D, E-6A, S-3A/B, and F-15E. I was the first woman to qualify as a
crewmember in the F-15E (1992), and I was the first American woman to
qualify as a crewmember in the F/A-18D (1990).
Besides being a graduate of the US Naval Test Pilot School, I also instructed
there. I holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering (North Carolina State
University), an MS in Aeronautical Engineering (Naval Postgraduate School),
and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA, Webster University).
I am a Past President of Women Military Aviators, Inc. (WMA), am a founding
board member of Women in Aviation, International (WAI), and am also a
founding board member of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation
(SAAHF). I volunteer as a workshop presenter for Sally Ride Science, at
festivals around the country, to encourage girls to pursue careers in math
and science.
Hi, My name is Trish Beckman, and I was a Commander in the US Navy
(now retired). I currently fly for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, in
Seattle, Washington. I hold FAA licenses as an Aircraft Dispatcher and a
Flight Navigator. I also fly as a System Operator (similar to flight engineer)
for production and engineering test flights of the Boeing 737, and as a
Flight Navigator for ferry flights and engineering test flights (737, 767, 777).
I have over 4100 flight hours in 71 aircraft types.
I spent over 28 years on active duty in the US Navy (8 years enlisted and 20
years as an officer). As a Naval Flight Officer (NFO, or Navigator), I flew in
67 types of aircraft. My primary aircraft qualifications were in the EC-130Q,
F/A-18D, E-6A, S-3A/B, and F-15E. I was the first woman to qualify as a
crewmember in the F-15E (1992), and I was the first American woman to
qualify as a crewmember in the F/A-18D (1990).
Besides being a graduate of the US Naval Test Pilot School, I also instructed
there. I holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering (North Carolina State
University), an MS in Aeronautical Engineering (Naval Postgraduate School),
and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA, Webster University).
I am a Past President of Women Military Aviators, Inc. (WMA), am a founding
board member of Women in Aviation, International (WAI), and am also a
founding board member of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation
(SAAHF). I volunteer as a workshop presenter for Sally Ride Science, at
festivals around the country, to encourage girls to pursue careers in math
and science.
