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Wally Funk

American aviator and astronaut

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born: 1939
died: 2026
age at death: 87
known for: aircraft pilot, inspector, flight instructor

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Mary Wallace Funk was an American aviator, commercial astronaut, and goodwill ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the first female Federal Aviation Administration inspector, as well as one of the Mercury 13 group.

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