Keywords: 428-GX-USN-1175088: Atlantic Ocean. A C-1 trader cargo transport aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Donna Lynn Spruill of Fleet Logistical Support Squadron 40, VRC-40, is launched from the flight deck of USS Independence (CV 612). Lieutenant Spruill was the first female Naval Aviator to qualify on an aircraft carrier in a fixed wing aircraft. Photographed July 20, 1979. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/04/19). 428-GX-USN-1175088: Atlantic Ocean. A C-1 trader cargo transport aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Donna Lynn Spruill of Fleet Logistical Support Squadron 40, VRC-40, is launched from the flight deck of USS Independence (CV 612). Lieutenant Spruill was the first female Naval Aviator to qualify on an aircraft carrier in a fixed wing aircraft. Photographed July 20, 1979. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/04/19). |