Marta Bohn-Meyer
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Marta Bohn-Meyer (18 August 1957 – 18 September 2005) was an American
Marta Bohn-Meyer was born in
Bohn-Meyer was an accomplished Unlimited aerobatic pilot, and was twice a member of the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team. She also served as Team Manager in 2005.[3] Bohn-Meyer died while practicing for the 2005 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships when the Giles 300 aerobatic aircraft she was piloting crashed in Yukon, Oklahoma, near the Clarence E. Page Municipal Airport. The cause of the crash was deemed to be from catastrophic failure of the front hinge of the canopy - which apparently incapacitated her and led to the crash.[4]
Her husband was Robert R. Meyer, Jr., a project manager and flight test engineer at Dryden.[4][5]
Bohn-Meyer was a 1979 graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. At that time she met her husband, Bob Meyer, during an internship at NASA. In addition to excelling in her aerospace career, Bohn-Meyer served as a role model to young girls interested in technical career fields. She could often be found in classrooms encouraging young women to explore career fields that have so long been dominated by men.[6]
References
- ^ "Marta Bohn-Meyer, 48; Pilot, Flight Engineer". Los Angeles Times. 2005-09-20. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ NASA. "Women of NASA". Archived from the original on September 30, 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ NTSB. "NTSB report". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ DFRC. Archived from the original on January 13, 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-22.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link - ^ "Robert R. Meyer, Jr". Dryden Flight Research Center-Biographies. NASA. 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
- ^ "NASA - A tribute to Bohn-Meyer, 1957-2005". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-06.