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July, 2007
UFO Member to
be Enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame
 Evelyn Bryan Johnson was looking for a respite from running
a business when she decided to take up flying as a hobby in 1944. She began teaching others the same day she
received her instructor rating in 1947.
As a FAA-designated pilot examiner, she has administered over 9,000
check rides. Johnson is recognized for
logging more hours, 60,000-plus, than any woman on earth, and was the 20th
woman in the U.S.
to earn a helicopter pilot’s license.
Since 1953 she has also served as the manager of Tennessee’s Moore-Murrell Field. An active member of the Ninety-Nines,
Johnson flew in five Powder-Puff Derbys and took
part in an international race from Washington,
D.C. to Havana, Cuba. Johnson has received hundreds of honors
including induction in the Flight Instructor’s Hall of Fame, Women in
Aviation’s International Pioneer Hall of Fame, and both the Tennessee and
Kentucky Aviation Hall’s of Fame.
The ceremony was July 21,
2007. For additional information: National
Aviation Hall of Fame
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