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Forum:	Space Explorers & Workers
Topic:	Irene Leverton, 'Mercury 13' aviatrix (1927-2017)

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by eurospace: [B].[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>albatron</TD><TD>I just received word that pioneer aviatrix <A HREF="http://www.mercury13.com/irene.htm" TARGET=_blank>Irene Leverton</A> passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2017, in an assisted living facility in Arizona, after an extended illness. Per her wishes she will be cremated and her ashes returned to her hometown of Chicago, where they will be strewn at Meigs Field. <BLOCKQUOTE>...by 1961 when she received her call [for the Mercury 13 testing], she held a Commercial Pilot's license, with airplane single and multi-engine land ratings, instrument ratings, and airplane single engine sea ratings — and built up more than 9,000 hours — far more than any Mercury 7 astronaut.</BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>randy</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>mode1charlie</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Wehaveliftoff</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>GACspaceguy</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>gareth89</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>David Carey</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>East-Frisian</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Marwin2</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Kite</TD><TD> .</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Panther494</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>jasonelam</TD><TD>. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>capoetc</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>star51L</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>dss65</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>astro-nut</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>eurospace</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>LM1</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Lewis007</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Michael Davis</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Astro Rich</TD><TD>.</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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