Evelyn Stone Bryan Johnson, ane zita remadunhurirwa rokuti “Amai Shiri,” akanga ari mutyairi wendege wechikadzi ane maawa akawanda okubhururuka pasi rose. Aive Colonel muCivil Air Patrol uye nhengo yekutanga yeMorristown, Tennessee Civil Air Patrol squadron.
Apo murume waEvelyn wokutanga, W. J. Bryan, akapinda muUto muna 1941, akasarudza kutanga kubhururuka nendege sechinhu chokuzvivaraidza nacho. Kuti asvike pachidzidzo chake chekutanga chendege, aifanira kutora chitima nebhazi, kufamba kiromita imwe chete, ozokwasva kuenda kunhandare yendege, nekuti zambuko rakanga risati ravakwa kuti risvikeko.
Kubhururuka kwake ega kwekutanga kwakaitika musi wa8 Mbudzi, 1944, uye akagamuchira rezinesi repachivande muna 1945 uye chitupa chekutengesa muna 1946. Akave murairidzi wendege muna 1947. Akadzidzisa vatyairi vendege zviuru zvishanu asati amira kuverenga uye akapa magwaro anodarika zviuru zvipfumbamwe. iyo Federal Aviation Administration. Kudzidza kubhururuka kubva kwaari vaive vatyairi vendege nendege dzinotakura zvinhu, vatungamiri vendege, uye aimbova Senator Howard Baker wekuTennessee.
Nekufamba kwemakore, akatengesa ndege dzeCessna, akanyora nezve kubhururuka kwemapepa ekutengeserana, akapinda mumakwikwi endege kuenda kuHavana nekumhiri kweAmerica, uye akava mumwe wevakadzi vekutanga kuwana rezinesi reherikoputa. Somutyairi wemarudzi akawanda endege, kusanganisira jeti, haana kumbobondera, achifambisa kubuda injini kaviri uye moto kamwe chete.
Pazera remakore 92, Evelyn akanga ari mudzidzisi wendege mukurusa munyika, maererano neAircraft Owners and Pilots Association, uye akaramba achidzidzisa kwemamwe makore matatu. Akazvarwa makore matanhatu chete mushure mekubhururuka kwekutanga kwehama dzeWright muna 3, akabhururuka mamaira 6 miriyoni - zvakaenzana nenzendo makumi maviri nenhatu kuenda kumwedzi - uye anopfuura maawa 1903 - zvakaenzana nemakore 5.5 mudenga.
Basa raEvelyn rokubhururuka rakapera apo glaucoma uye kuparara kwegumbo pamusana petsaona yemotokari zvakamuita kuti asunge mabhureki ake emhepo. Akataura muhurukuro neUSA Today, “Haisi kubhururuka ndiko kune dambudziko. Iri kupinza prosthesis mundege diki. Ndiri kuzvigadzirisa.” Akapedzisira kufambisa ndege muna 2005.
Mipiro yaMhamha Shiri kune general aviation inodarika kubhururuka uye kuraira kwendege. Aive neyakagadziriswa-base operation - Morristown Flying Service - kwemakore makumi matatu nematatu, uye akapemberera makore makumi mashanu nemana ebasa paMoore-Murrell Field muMorristown, Tennessee. Kwemakore gumi nemapfumbamwe, Johnson aive mutengesi weCessna, saka aibhururuka nendege achitengesa zvese zvaigadzirwa naCessna. Aive nendege dzakawanda, kubva kuAeronca Champ kusvika kuSuper Cruiser.
Johnson akashanda paTennessee Aeronautics Commission kwemakore gumi nemasere uye aive sachigaro we18 yemakore iwayo. Akabatsira kugovera nyika uye FAA block grant mari yemapurojekiti ekuvandudza airport mudunhu rese.
Muna 2006, paakabvunzwa kuti aironga kuenda riini, akapindura kuti: “Kana ndakura zvakakwana. Ndinongova nemakore 97.” Akaramba achitarisira airport yemuno kupfuura zera re100.
Amai Shiri vakaberekwa munaNovember 4, 1909 muCorbin, Kentucky, uye vakafa vaine makore 102 muna Chivabvu 10, 2012 muMorristown, Tennessee. Akapona vese varume vake, akaroora Wyatt Jennings Bryan kubva 1931-1963 uye naMorgan Johnson kubva 1965-1977.
Murume mumwechete akadarika rekodhi yaEvelyn yemaawa akabhururuka - Ed Long, wekuAlabamian, akange atora maawa anopfuura makumi matanhatu nemazana e64,000 enguva yekubhururuka. Runyerekupe runoti kumwe kutaura kwaVaLong kwokupedzisira kwaiva, “Musarega mukadzi iyeye achindirova.”
