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Evelyn Johnson
Notable deaths around nation, world as of May 20, 2012 - OregonLive.com (blog)

OregonLive.com (blog)
Notable deaths around nation, world as of May 20, 2012
OregonLive.com (blog)
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, 102, of Morristown, Tenn., a pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder known as "Mama Bird," died May 10. Originally a teacher, she learned to fly in World War II and went on to run her own flying service and manage ...

5/19/2012 1:24:25 PM
McGhee Tyson News
Knoxville Guardsman earns medal for rescue efforts - Knoxville News Sentinel

Knoxville Guardsman earns medal for rescue efforts
Knoxville News Sentinel
The soldiers served with the 230th Air Cavalry Squadron, Troop C, based at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base. Cole, an instructor pilot, had served more than 20 years. Williams had served about three years. An Army investigation concluded Cole and ...

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5/19/2012 4:13:40 AM
McGhee Tyson News
Dozens welcome family home from China with newly adopted son - WBIR-TV

WBIR-TV
Dozens welcome family home from China with newly adopted son
WBIR-TV
The Sharp family recently traveled to China to adopt a young boy named Sam, and Thursday, dozens lined the aisles of McGhee-Tyson airport to welcome him home. From start to finish, their adoption took nearly 18 months to finalize.

5/17/2012 10:48:16 PM
Evelyn Johnson
CAP Pays Tribute to 'Mama Bird,' Legendary Aviator and Longtime Member - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and

CAP Pays Tribute to 'Mama Bird,' Legendary Aviator and Longtime Member
The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and
Her “Mama Bird” nickname referred to the immense number of pilots Johnson had trained in her career – some 5000, she estimated – as both a member of the Morristown Composite Squadron of CAP's Tennessee Wing and as owner of a flight school in Morristown ...
'Mama Bird' laid to restVertical Magazine (press release)

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5/16/2012 10:13:14 AM
Evelyn Johnson
CAP Pays Tribute to 'Mama Bird,' Legendary Aviator and Longtime Member - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and

CAP Pays Tribute to 'Mama Bird,' Legendary Aviator and Longtime Member
The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, who was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2007 and had been presented with CAP's 50-Year Member Award and a life membership in May 2005, died Thursday in Elizabethtown. She was 102. MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala.
'Mama Bird' laid to restVertical Magazine (press release)

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5/16/2012 10:13:14 AM
McGhee Tyson News
Airfares continue to drop at McGhee Tyson - WBIR-TV

WBIR-TV
Airfares continue to drop at McGhee Tyson
WBIR-TV
New numbers from the Bureau of Transportation report McGhee Tyson Airport is bucking national airfare trends. In recent years, the airport has ranked as high as number 2 for most expensive airfare. Jim Evans, Vice President of Marketing and Air Service ...

5/15/2012 11:06:42 PM
Evelyn Johnson
Tennessee editorial roundup - NECN

Tennessee editorial roundup
NECN
Over the decades of her career, Evelyn Bryan Johnson touched the lives of countless others. She shared her love of flying with anyone willing to take a lesson and when she found someone with a similar light in their eye, she nurtured it, protected it ...

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5/15/2012 3:08:10 PM
Evelyn Johnson
Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies; 'Mama Bird' was a prolific pilot - Washington Post

AVweb
Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies; 'Mama Bird' was a prolific pilot
Washington Post
Evelyn Bryan Johnson liked to tell people that she and the sky fell in “love at first flight.” Their romance began during World War II, when Mrs. Johnson's husband was serving in the Army Air Forces and she was holding down their dry cleaning business ...
Legendary CFI Evelyn Bryan Johnson Dies At 102AVweb
Evelyn Johnson, pioneering pilot, diesNewsday (subscription)

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5/13/2012 6:54:18 PM
Evelyn Johnson
Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies; 'Mama Bird' was a prolific pilot - Washington Post

AVweb
Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies; 'Mama Bird' was a prolific pilot
Washington Post
Evelyn Bryan Johnson liked to tell people that she and the sky fell in “love at first flight.” Their romance began during World War II, when Mrs. Johnson's husband was serving in the Army Air Forces and she was holding down their dry cleaning business ...
Legendary CFI Evelyn Bryan Johnson Dies At 102AVweb
Evelyn Johnson, pioneering pilot, diesNewsday (subscription)

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5/13/2012 6:54:18 PM
Evelyn Johnson
Evelyn B. Johnson, Pilot and Instructor, Dies at 102 - New York Times

New York Times
Evelyn B. Johnson, Pilot and Instructor, Dies at 102
New York Times
Evelyn Bryan Johnson last flew a plane in 2005. Two years later, she remained eager to get back behind the controls. “It's not the flying that's the problem,” she said in an interview with USA Today. “It's getting the prosthesis into the small planes.
'Mama Bird' Evelyn Johnson Dies At 102WBUR
'Mama Bird,' famed female pilot, dies at 102Knoxville News Sentinel
Early female pilot Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies, 102MyCentralJersey.com

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5/11/2012 11:37:44 PM
Evelyn Johnson
'Mama Bird' Evelyn Johnson Dies At 102 - WBUR

New York Times
'Mama Bird' Evelyn Johnson Dies At 102
WBUR
"One of them was a 30-year pilot for FedEx; one of the girls flies for American out of New York; some of the other girls fly for United, Delta. There's lots of girls, as well as boys." Johnson lived in Morristown, Tenn., where she was the longtime ...
'Mama Bird,' famed female pilot, dies at 102Knoxville News Sentinel
Local Aviation Icon Dies At 102WCYB

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5/11/2012 6:12:37 PM
Evelyn Johnson
'Mama Bird' Evelyn Johnson Dies At 102; Logged 7 Years Of Flight Time - NPR (blog)

NorthJersey.com
'Mama Bird' Evelyn Johnson Dies At 102; Logged 7 Years Of Flight Time
NPR (blog)
by Bill Chappell Evelyn "Mama Bird" Johnson poses by at the airport she managed in Morristown, Tenn., in this 2005 file photo. Johnson, who began flying in 1944, died Thursday. Evelyn "Mama Bird" Johnson poses by at the airport she managed in ...
Evelyn B. Johnson | Early pilot, 102Philadelphia Inquirer
Love of flightKnoxville News Sentinel
Pioneering female pilot “Mama Bird” Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies in Tennessee at 102Washington Post
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5/11/2012 1:09:33 PM
Evelyn Johnson
Early female pilot Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies, 102 - Kansas City Star

Kansas City Star
Early female pilot Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies, 102
Kansas City Star
Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known as "Mama Bird," died Thursday, according to a funeral home. She was 102. Bryan started flying in 1944 and went on to run her own flying service and manage a small-town ...
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, pilot who set records, dies at 102MyrtleBeachOnline.com

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5/11/2012 11:00:58 AM
Evelyn Johnson
Federal appeals court in Ore. takes up no-fly case - KTVN

Federal appeals court in Ore. takes up no-fly case
KTVN
More >> Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known as "Mama Bird," died Thursday, according to a funeral home. She was 102.More >> AP National News VideoMore>> Michael Wolfe Channel 2 News A local woman gave ...

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5/11/2012 10:04:45 AM
Evelyn Johnson
Celtics beat Hawks 83-80 to advance in East - WXOW.com

Celtics beat Hawks 83-80 to advance in East
WXOW.com
Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known as "Mama Bird," died Thursday, according to a funeral home. She was 102.More >> Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, ...

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5/10/2012 11:09:58 PM
Evelyn Johnson
Obama criticizes Romney as 'backwards on equality' - KFMB

ABC News
Obama criticizes Romney as 'backwards on equality'
KFMB
Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known as "Mama Bird," died Thursday, according to a funeral home. She was 102.More >> Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, ...
WRIC Richmond News and Weather - Obama criticizes Romney as 'backwards on ...WRIC
Americans divided as Obama endorses gay marriageWBXH

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5/10/2012 10:47:08 PM
Evelyn Johnson
76ers beat Bulls 79-78 and advance to 2nd round - WREX-TV

76ers beat Bulls 79-78 and advance to 2nd round
WREX-TV
Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known as "Mama Bird," died Thursday, according to a funeral home. She was 102.More >> Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, ...

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5/10/2012 10:19:38 PM
Evelyn Johnson
Ex-NE mob boss to be sentenced in strip club plot - KTVN

Ex-NE mob boss to be sentenced in strip club plot
KTVN
Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known as "Mama Bird," died Thursday, according to a funeral home. She was 102.More >> Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson, ...

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5/10/2012 5:25:21 PM
Evelyn Johnson
Report: 8th-grade students still lag in science - WBOC TV 16

Report: 8th-grade students still lag in science
WBOC TV 16
Entertainment News from AP Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson has died in Tennessee. She was 102.More Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson has died in Tennessee.

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5/10/2012 10:12:49 AM
Island Home Airport
Oak Ridge airport project update given - Oak Ridger

Oak Ridge airport project update given
Oak Ridger
The general aviation airport would have a 5000-foot runway, which is 1000 feet longer that Island Home airport in Knoxville, Young said. ''It could accommodate small jets, but could expand to 6000 feet, which would allow for larger aircraft,'' he said.

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5/8/2012 4:51:11 PM
Oak Ridge
Fair and 77 F at Oak Ridge, TN
Fair
Winds are Calm. The pressure is 1017.5 mb and the humidity is 62%. Last Updated on May 19 2012, 7:53 pm EDT.
5/19/2012 8:47:18 PM
Knoxville (TYS)
A Few Clouds and 77 F at Knoxville, McGhee Tyson Airport, TN
A Few Clouds
Winds are Northeast at 4.6 MPH (4 KT). The pressure is 1016.8 mb and the humidity is 50%. Last Updated on May 19 2012, 7:53 pm EDT.
5/19/2012 8:47:19 PM
Crossville (KCSV)
Fair and 68 F at Crossville Memorial-Whitson Field Airport, TN
Fair
Winds are South at 3.5 MPH (3 KT). The pressure is 1018.8 mb and the humidity is 84%. Last Updated on May 19 2012, 6:53 pm CDT.
5/19/2012 8:47:21 PM

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