Title: 'A badass pilot': Capt. Rosemary Mariner, first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet, dies
Headings: 'A badass pilot': Capt. Rosemary Mariner, first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet, dies
'A badass pilot': Capt. Rosemary Mariner, first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet, dies
Pioneering Navy aviator given historic final salute with all-female flyover
Groundbreaking aviator Capt. Rosemary Mariner dies at 65
"Right from the get-go, Rosemary was a lot of grit and determination wrapped up in a small package."
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Content: You’re not just landing a jet. You’re landing a jet on a runway that’s rising up and down in the seas, and I think as a woman doing it, you've got everybody on deck watching." "She shaped generations of people with that confidence in them and helping them find their path," Landdeck said. "She was a badass pilot, too. Landing on carriers? That's pretty badass. You’re not just landing a jet. You’re landing a jet on a runway that’s rising up and down in the seas, and I think as a woman doing it, you've got everybody on deck watching. Very cool under pressure." Mariner's husband said that while she was proud of the doors she opened for other women in the armed services, she never thought of her work as being revolutionary just because she was female — and hoped that what she was doing would become the norm.