Jill E. Brown
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Jill E. Brown (an haife ta a shekara ta 1950) matukin jirgin Ba’amurke ce mai ritaya, wacce ita ce macen Ba’amurke ta farko da ta zama matukin jirgi na babban jirgin fasinja na Amurka.
Rayuwar farko da ilimi[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
An haifi Jill Elaine Brown ga Gilbert da Elaine Brown a cikin 1950 a Baltimore, Maryland.A lokacin da ta kai shekara 11,Ta fara tukin forklift a kamfanin gine-gine na mahaifinta, kuma tana da shekara 17 ta shiga cikin sauran ’yan uwanta wajen daukar darussan tuki. Ita ce ta farko a cikin danginta da ta sami lasisin matukin jirgi, tare da jirginta na farko da ya ke tafiya a cikin Piper J-3 Cub.[1] Daga nan ta fara tashi da dangin Piper PA-28 Cherokee, mai suna Little Golden Hawk.
Bayan ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta Arundel,ta tafi Jami'ar Maryland, inda ta yi karatun tattalin arzikin gida bisa shawarar mahaifiyarta.
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Bayan haka, ta fara aiki a matsayin malami amma ta yanke shawarar yin aikin tashi sama a matsayin sana'a, inda ta shiga rundunar sojojin ruwan Amurka a 1974 don horar da jirgin. Brown ita ce mace Ba-Amurke ta farko da ta fara samun horon. Shigarta,da rantsuwar da ta yi da Tuskegee Airman Spann Watson an rufe su sosai a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na Afirka-Amurka.
Ba ta son zama a soja, kuma ta tafi tare da girmamawa bayan watanni shida. Brown ya yarda cewa ba za ta iya "cire bakinta ba" kuma ta yi wasu manyan kurakuraiiTa ji wulakanci lokacin da ta tafi, kuma da farko ta ƙi barin gidanta. Ta shawo kan Warren H. Wheeler na Wheeler Airlines ya ba ta aiki, da farko a matsayin clark-counter amma Brown a matsayin Wheeler ba shi da guraben aikin matukin jirgi. A ƙarshe ta yi aiki ta hanyar zuwa matsayin matukin jirgi.[2] Daga sa'o'inta na sirri da kuma aiki a Wheeler, ta sami damar tattara sa'o'in tashi sama 1,200 da ake buƙata don tashi don babban jirgin sama. A 1978, ta shiga Texas International Airlines a matsayin matukin jirgi, inda ta zama matukin jirgi mace ta farko Ba-Amurke a babban jirgin saman Amurka.[1] Duk da haka, ta ji ana amfani da ita don tallatawa da kamfanin jirgin.[2]