Rhea Hurrle Woltman was an American pilot and one of the Mercury 13.
10 Facts About Rhea Woltman
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From a young age, Rhea Woltman had always wanted to fly.
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Rhea Woltman's first plane was a Piper J-3 Cub and then she progressed from a private pilot to a commercial pilot.
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Rhea Woltman attained her seaplane rating for airplanes with floats and her rating as a glider pilot.
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Rhea Woltman flew competitively, and she completed one of the major flights of the era for women, a solo flight from Houston to Anchorage in a Piper Super Cub with floats.
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Rhea Woltman cleared all physical tests and was a part of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees.
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Rhea Woltman 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.
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Rhea Woltman was inducted in the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Rhea Woltman moved to Colorado Springs in the early 1970s, where she did glider training and towing for Air Force Academy cadets at the Black Forest Glider Port.
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Rhea Woltman was one of a few professional registered Parliamentarians in the country and worked with the board of directors of major organizations such as the American Lung Association and the American Heart Association.