Feb 11th, 2022 By Sarah Wall Every once in a while, a person faces a “for such a time as this” moment: a moment for which she’s been providentially, unexpectedly prepared. That’s when she needs her tools – the skills […]
History was made in the skies over Super Bowl 55 in Tampa, Florida when a female pilot, Captain Sarah Kociuba, led the flyover before the game. But years before, Naval pilot and former Southwest Airlines Captain Tammie Jo Shults blazed […]
Dec 15th, 2020 By San Diego Air & Space Museum The San Diego Air and Space Museum is honoring the innovation, engineering, technology and aviation excellence displayed by Orville and Wilbur Wright by running an exact replica of the engine […]
Barbara Barrett, American businesswoman, attorney and diplomat currently serving as Secretary of the United State Air Force, and Tammie Jo Shults, retired Southwest Airlines pilot and one of the first female fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy, to be inducted […]
Nov 23rd, 2020 By San Diego Air & Space Museum Barbara Barrett, American businesswoman, attorney and diplomat currently serving as Secretary of the United State Air Force, and Tammie Jo Shults, retired Southwest Airlines pilot and one of the first […]
Tammie Jo Shults, 58, New Mexico, was accepted into military training in 1985 Pilot had love of aviation from a young age after watching jet aircrafts as a child Says she was told ‘girls don’t fly’ after asking colonel on her school […]
Six months into the global coronavirus pandemic, there are few signs of a rebound for the airline industry. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the economic and safety issues for airlines with commercial and military pilot Tammie Jo Shults, Nick Calio of Airlines […]
Sept 24, 2020 By Dan Namowitz You’ve been in cruise for 30 minutes when there’s a thump and a roar, and a pitch and a roll. For the next 17 minutes, you will use everything you ever learned about flying […]
Tammie Jo Shults was flying a Southwest 737 in 2018 when an engine came apart. Decades of training helped her land, and now she shares her story.
AUG 22, 2020 By James Albert She was self-made. She’d put herself by way of faculty, flight college, and all her multi-engine, instrument, coach, and industrial scores by working a great deal of jobs. She was assured she would have […]