The Irish Mail on Sunday

A wave of girls will take off in this hero’s wake

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TAMMIE Jo Shults, the former fighter pilot with nerves of tungsten who landed that Southwest Airlines plane, is my top Top Gal. After her consummate handling of a hairy mid-flight crisis, I predict a rush of young women wanting their ‘wings’ to be on their navy pilot jackets rather than on their sanitary pads, and a vogue for female aviation unseen since the glory days of Amy Johnson.

 ??  ?? NERVES OF TUNGSTEN: Tammie Jo in her Navy days and, inset, today
NERVES OF TUNGSTEN: Tammie Jo in her Navy days and, inset, today
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