Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Neta Snook Southern
Full Description:
Neta Snook Southern, age 84, emerges from the Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft at Ames Research Center. Southern, one of the first women pilots, was Amelia Earharts flight instructor around the year 1920. In marked contrast with what she saw at Ames, Southern said her old plane was made of wood and cloth, had no gas gauge, and the instrument panel consisted of an altimeter and a dollar watch hanging from a hook.
Date:
10/31/1980
NASA Center:
Ames Research Center
Subject Category:
Women
Subject Category:
VIPs-People at NASA-NACA
Subject Category:
Simulators
Subject Category:
Early Aerospace-Pioneers
Subject Category:
Flight Research at ARC
Keywords:
Ames
Keywords:
Center
Keywords:
Research
Keywords:
Flight
Keywords:
Simulator
Keywords:
Neta
Keywords:
Snook
Keywords:
Southern
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Altimeter
facet_where:
Ames Research Center (ARC)
facet_when:
10-31-1980
facet_when_year:
1980
Image #:
A80-0917-1
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0197
Center:
AMES
Center Number:
A80-0917-1
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000197
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Neta Snook Southern