Mary Barr

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Mary Barr
Aviator, safety officer, mechanic, flight instructor

Mary Barr (July 11, 1925 – March 1, 2010) was the first

US Forest Service,[1] along with being an accident prevention counselor, mechanic in a variety of fields, and flight instructor
throughout her lifetime.

Career

While living in

Lassen County.[5]

She still continued to serve as a fire response pilot in the following years, being a member of the "Air Attack Program" for Susanville in 1959 alongside her husband.

Piper Cherokee.[7][8] She was given the position of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accident prevention counselor in 1971 thanks to her past FAA certificates in not only piloting, but also instruction. This job was a part of a new program for the FAA that involved Barr counseling pilots alongside 19 other experienced instructors spread across five states in the western US to help reduce the risk-taking activities of new or long inactive pilots throughout the region.[9]

Beginning a career in the

Washington D. C., and finally moving to Sacramento, California in 1985 to act as Regional Safety Officer until her eventual retirement.[5][12]

During her lifetime, Barr received a number of

FAA certifications, including for "Commercial, Airline Transport Pilot, Flight Instructor, Instrument, and Glider".[3]

Awards and honors

In 1988, Barr was given a special recognition award by the

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.[12]

Personal life

Barr met her husband and boss at the time, David Barr, while teaching piloting in 1946.[2] They married the next year and had two children, Molly and Nevada.[5][15]

Gallery

  • Photos of Mary Barr
  • Photo of Mary Barr sitting in the cockpit of her transport plane, 1975
    Photo of Mary Barr sitting in the cockpit of her transport plane, 1975
  • Photo of Mary Barr standing on the wing of her transport plane, 1975
    Photo of Mary Barr standing on the wing of her transport plane, 1975

References

  1. ISBN 9781613745403
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  2. ^ a b Moore, Gerald (September 15, 1975). "When Western Forests Start to Burn, a Low-Flying Woman Pilot Takes the Perilous Lead". People. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  3. ^
    Women in Aviation, International. 2014. Archived from the original
    on December 6, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  4. Daily Record
    . Retrieved March 13, 2016.
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  7. ^ Berliner, Don (April 30, 2013). "A Concise History of Air Racing" (PDF). AirRace.com. Society of Air Racing Historians. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
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  10. ^ Gant, Kelli (2016). "Women in Aviation". The Ninety-Nines, Inc. Ninety-Nines. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
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  12. ^
    SusanvilleStuff
    . Retrieved March 11, 2016.
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Further reading

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