[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E527-E528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     A NATIONAL HERO FROM TEXAS 21

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 24, 2018

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last week Southwest Flight 1380 was 
flying from New York's La Guardia Airport to Dallas Love Field when one 
of the plane's engines exploded.
  The pilot, Tammie Jo Shults, a constituent who lives in Kendall 
County, heard the noise and knew what had happened. She remained calm 
as the plane shook and shuddered and reassured her 144 passengers and 
five crew members while she also coordinated with air traffic control.
  Captain Shults kept a bad situation from becoming worse and safely 
executed an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
  Shults is no stranger to high-pressure situations. She had years of 
experience as one of the Navy's first female aviators who later served 
as an F/A18 Hornet instructor in which she played the ``aggressor'' 
pilot in mock dogfights. That's where she met her husband Dean, who is 
now a commercial pilot too.
  Tammie and Dean have two adult children, one of whom, Marshall, I 
appointed to the United States Air Force Academy. I'm happy to have the 
Shults family as constituents in Texas' 21st District.

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