2 September 1978: The ten women in this photograph, members of Pilot Undergradute Training Class 77-08 at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, along with their 36 male classmates, received their Silver Wings on 2 September 1977.
They are Captains Connie Engel, Kathy La Sauce, Mary Donahue, Susan Rogers and Christine Schott; First Lieutenants Sandra Scott and Victoria Crawford; Second Lieutenants Mary Livingston, Carol Scherer and Kathleen Rambo.
© 2015, Bryan R. Swopes
Capt. Connie Engel’s father was test pilot and former commander at Edwards AFB Maj. General Richard Engel… Connie Engel’s daughter; Maj. Lindsey “Mig” Giggy… a T-38 instructor at Sheppard AFB. Texas.
Wow. I did not know that. Thank you, Ken.
Rich Engel is Connie’s husband.
Her husband was Rick Engel, she was my wife’s favorite OBGYN Nurse before going to Willy and one of my students at T-38 PIT. She was a superb pilot. Great couple.
Maj. General Richard Engel was Connie Engel’s father- in -law.
All – find a link to a September 2014 article (Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas) written about Rich and Connie’s daughter while she was stationed as an ENJJPT instructor pilot; article titled “Under Their Wings: Woman Follows In Path Of Pilot Family”. Link – http://workingwomanreport.com/under-their-wings-woman-follows-in-path-of-pilot-family/. I was a T-38A instructor at Williams in the 1970s and knew the Engels.
Good stuff
Thank you. 🙂
Connie (5th from the left) was my flight commander at Willie and wrote my first two Officer Performance Reports. Great pilot, and an exemplary leader: to this day, I’m able to say she taught me that you could be a “leader of men (and women)” without having to be “one of the boys”. Her test pilot husband, Rich, was attached to my flight at Willie, and recommended me for test pilot school. When I was eventually selected to become a test pilot, he ended up being my boss at multiple positions and locations. Connie went on to a distinguished career in the Air Force Reserves. Two of my most favorite people.
Vicki Crawford was my civilian flight instructor in Myrtle Beach as she was transitioning out of the USAF into an airline position flying for (if I remember correctly) Southwest Airlines in the early 1980’s. A great instructor and pilot.