let her work answer them.
She studied aircraft systems until she could explain them from memory. She practiced emergency procedures until her responses became disciplined rather than instinctive. She learned that the first task in a crisis was not to look brave.
It was to understand what was happening.
Eventually, her skill brought her into experimental flight testing.
That was where her career became extraordinary.
Experimental aircraft did not always behave like the planes described in manuals. They could produce unfamiliar vibrations, unexpected aerodynamic responses, and failures that required a
