by mjmarggraff | Mar 24, 2015 | Pursuing Dreams, Space
From the Aviation Business Gazette: FAA recognizes Mary Jo Marggraff Lafayette-based pilot sets positive example The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is recognizing Mary Jo Marggraff with inclusion in the prestigious FAA Airmen Certification Database. The...
by mjmarggraff | Mar 23, 2015 | 50 Word Stories
On Fire Sirens scream while lights, like fireworks of red and white, slice at twinkling skies. Engines slow, firemen race inside for the old couple. Blanket-wrapped, on the street, they whisper: “Think they’ll figure it out?” The Chief sadly reports: “The cause is...
by mjmarggraff | Mar 19, 2015 | Space
The dome and my correspondence with the Astronauts inside: I am communicating with Zak, who is halfway through his mission with HI-SEAS -3. The ways in which the crew of 6 inside manage their decisions on priorities of tasks and resources will help future long-term...
by mjmarggraff | Mar 16, 2015 | Courage
Women have a natural defense alerting us to what is intuitively unsafe. Thank goodness. The expansion of the human race may be credited to her care. Perhaps that is why less than 7% of pilots are women. But data show us that our accident rate is much lower. Taking on...
by mjmarggraff | Mar 12, 2015 | Courage
Bravery does not describe me. I’m too imperfect for that. Learning to fly, twelve years ago when in my forties, was a dream to follow, not a dream feared. My biggest flying fear—my biggest dragon—was fearing that I would not be perfect enough at it. The next biggest...
