[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 77 (Friday, June 17, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                     AVIATION PIONEER EMILY WARNER

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                        HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 17, 1994

  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to join the Colorado State 
Senate in saluting Capt. Emily Warner, the first woman pilot for a 
modern U.S. airline. Captain Warner is one of Colorado's 20th century 
heroines.

                Emily Warner Honored by Colorado Senate

                            (By Lance Ross)

       The Colorado State Senate unanimously approved this week a 
     resolution honoring Capt. Emily Warner, the first woman pilot 
     for a modern U.S. airline. Warner was hired as a Frontier 
     Airlines second officer in 1973, and is now with the Federal 
     Aviation Administration.
       The resolution is now pending in the Colorado House of 
     Representatives.
       ``With 15 years of aviation-instructing experience and 
     7,000 hours, Emily Warner already had more flying experience 
     than the vast majority of men being hired by the airlines,'' 
     the resolution said of her struggle to break the barrier 
     against women commercial pilots.
       Warner was cited for ``her remarkable achievements and 
     contributions to state and national history.''
       ``The most recent honor for her has come from the Friends 
     of the Granby Airport, Inc., who have initiated the Emily 
     Howell Warner Aviation Education Resource Center in 
     Cooperation with the Granby Public Library,'' the resolution 
     adds.

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