Jane "Janey" Briggs Hart (October 21, 1921 – June 5, 2015) was known as an aviator and in the 1960s, became one of the Mercury 13, women who qualified physically in the same tests as those used for male astronauts. She earned her first pilot's license during World War II, and later became the first licensed female helicopter pilot in Michigan.
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21 October 1921 Detroit, Michigan
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Died |
5 June 2015 (aged 93) West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
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Zodiac | Libra |
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