Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill
Women air pilots -- United States
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA
A portrait of Geraldine “Jerri” Sloan Truhill, a member of the Mercury 13.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Heidi Fearing
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Original Photo No. 128
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill Wearing a John Weyatts Flight Suit
Women air pilots -- United States
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill standing in front of a plane, wearing a Lycra flight suit designed by John Weyatts.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Jerri Sloan Truhill
ca. 1960s
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 622
Texas
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill, David Sloan, and Martha Ann Reading at the Texas Doll Derby
Women air pilots -- United States
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Aviatrix Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill bending down from the cockpit of a Cessna 175 to pick up her son, David. Next to her sits her co-pilot, Martha Ann Reading. 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.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Jerri Truhill
ca. 1960s
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 623
Texas
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill and Martha Ann Reading
Women air pilots -- United States
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.
Photo Courtesy of Jerri Truhill
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1958
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 624
San Diego, California