TBT, when I flew for NWA I had the privilege of flying with Captain Julie Clark and again worked with her on a few air shows, including Santa Rosa war birds. She is an amazing pilot, both commercially and in air shows. Her story is even more amazing. Born July 5, 1948 (age 66) Hayward, California Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Weight 113 lb (51 kg; 8.1 st) Julie Clark in the T-34 Free Spirit c. 2006 Julie E. Clark (born June 27, 1948 in Hayward, California) is an aerobatic air show pilot and former commercial airline pilot. She started her commercial flying career with Golden West Airlines as a first officer and ended it in 2003 as a Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 Captain. She was one of the first female pilots to work for a major airline.[1] She has been voted as Performer of the Year several times for her performance in air shows.[1] Clark has 40 years of flight experience[2] and 30,000 accident-free hours[2] to her name and flies an average of 20 air shows a year in her Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, currently sponsored by Juice Plus.[3] Clarks father, Captain Ernest Clark, was also an airline pilot. He was murdered in 1964 by a suicidal passenger on Pacific Air Lines Flight 773. All crew and passengers were killed as a result of the passenger shooting both pilots, then himself, causing the plane to crash. Her mothers death just a year earlier, and her fathers subsequent death increased her determination to fly.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 05:32:49 +0000
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