Published on
Jul 10, 2026
Wally Funk, trailblazing aviator who waited 60 years to go to space, dies at 87
When Wally Funk was 5, she donned a Superman cape and leaped from the roof of her family’s barn in New Mexico, dreaming of flight and landing in a haystack. She decorated her bedroom ceiling with model planes, earned her pilot’s license as a teenager and …
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The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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