PART FOUR: NASA research pilot dreamed of flying in the sky. Now she pilots SOFIA
492 views · Published 16 November 2018 · 2:48 · Indexed 4 October 2026
Channel: CBS47 KSEE24 · 2018 · News & Politics
Ever since she was a young girl, Liz Ruth wanted to fly in the sky. As a daughter of an aeronautical engineer for the Navy, she grew up with a strong military and aeronautical influence. Now, she's a NASA research pilot. "I knew I wanted to be a pilot early on," Ruth says. Adding, "I grew up in China Lake which is out in the desert and out in the Navy base where we had a lot of Navy jet planes flying overhead all the time so it was kind of an air show everyday." While Ruth was in high school, the military started a trial program to permit female pilots to achieve flight status. She joined the Air Force ROTC and knew what she wanted to do.
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