Marta Bohn-Meyer
Marta Bohn-Meyer (born August 18, 1957 , † September 18, 2005 in Yukon , Oklahoma ) was an American engineer and test pilot.
Life
Marta Bohn-Meyer worked as a development engineer and pilot at the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and was involved in a large number of research projects at NASA. As a project manager and chief engineer, she was responsible for the wing design of the General Dynamics F-16XL aircraft. She was also the first woman to perform test flights on the Mach-3 high-speed, very high-flying Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft .
Bohn-Meyer was a member of the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team and was a team manager until her death. She died on a training flight for the 2005 US Aerobatic Championships . The Giles 300 aerobatic aircraft she was flying crashed in Oklahoma near Clarence E. Page Municipal Airport (ICAO codes: KRCE). The cause of the crash was cited as a technical failure of the canopy lock by the National Transportation Safety Board , with the canopy coming loose while climbing, the pilot lost consciousness and consequently was no longer able to control the machine. At that time, she had recorded around 6,700 flight hours in her flight log .
She was married to Robert R. Meyer Jr., a project manager and flight test engineer at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards , California .
Awards
Bohn-Meyer received three awards:
- 1992: Arthur C. Fleming Award
- 1996: NASA Exceptional Service Medal
- 1998: Aerospace Educator Award
literature
- Ernst Probst: “Queens of the skies from A to Z”, biographies of famous female pilots, balloonists, airmen, parachutists and astronauts ISBN 978-3-640-65800-8
- Marta Bohn-Meyer: Constructing "gloved" wings for aerodynamic studies on catalogue.nla.gov.au
Web links
- NASA Dryden Chief Engineer Marta Bohn-Meyer Dies in Airplane Crash on NASA website
- Entry Marta Bohn-Meyer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Myrna Oliver: Marta Bohn-Meyer, 48; Pilot, flight engineer. Obituary in the Los Angeles Times, September 20, 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ FIRST FEMAILE PILOT TO BREAK MACH 3 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on capmembers.com
- ↑ NTSB Aircraft Accident File: DFW05FA242 (English)
- ^ NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
- ^ Bohn-Meyer on the NASA website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bohn-Meyer, Marta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American aerobatic pilot and test pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1957 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 2005 |
| Place of death | Yukon (Oklahoma) |