By lex, on November 5th, 2009
Not a notable characteristic of Navy pilots anyway, but it appears to have served Mrs. Evelyn Bryan Johnson well:
Johnson has gone on to amass more flight time than any living person — 57,635.4 hours to be precise. That’s more than six and a half years in the air.
The veteran pilot turned 100 today. She was still teaching students until a medical issue recently grounded her. “I’d be getting more [flight time] if didn’t have glaucoma and could get a medical,” she told the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
Johnson continues managing the airport near her home in Morristown, Tennessee. She’s held the job 56 years. She stopped counting students after 3,000 but has tracked how many check rides — the final test before receiving your license — she’s given to pilots. That number stands at 9,000.
Hat’s off to you, ma’am!
The Lexicans 