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| Places | United States of America | |
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| Birth | 2 February 1910 | |
| Death | 30 January 2017 (aged 107 years) |
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Doris Lockness (2 February 1910 – 30 January 2017) was a pioneering American aviator.
Biography
Lockness was born in Pennsylvania in 1910 and began flying in 1939 and worked as a liaison engineer at Douglas Aircraft Company.
She left in 1943 to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots. After the war she continued in aviation, working as a flight instructor and performing at air shows.
Recognition
In 1996 Lockness was awarded a Whirly Girls Livingston Award and in 1997 she was awarded the NAA's Katharine Wright Memorial Trophy. Also in 1997, a biography of Lockness was included in a “Women and Flight” exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum.
Death
Lockness died in 2017, three days before her 107th birthday.