Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill and Martha Ann Reading
Title
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill and Martha Ann Reading
Subject
Women air pilots -- United States
Description
Geraldine “Jerri” Sloan Truhill kneels to polish the wing of a Beech Bonanza plane while her co-pilot, Martha Ann Reading, lays underneath the plane. The women are preparing the Beechcraft Bonanza H-35 for the 12th All Women's Transcontinental Air Race (AWTAR) in 1958. The women were both well-known aviatrixes. Truhill was one of the thirteen women who passed all of the astronaut tests given at the Lovelace Clinic in 1961, making her a member of the Mercury 13. Reading was the first female Lieutenant Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol. Both women were members of the Texas Ninety-Nines.
Creator
Photo Courtesy of Jerri Truhill
Source
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Date
ca. 1958
Contributor
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at info@iwasm.org
Identifier
Original Photo No. 624
Coverage
San Diego, California
Collection
Citation
Photo Courtesy of Jerri Truhill, “Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill and Martha Ann Reading,” International Women's Air & Space Museum, accessed April 26, 2024, https://iwasm.omeka.net/items/show/1638.