DescriptionJean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921) (center). Also pictured E.J. Ducayet (right) and R.C. Buyers (left) (5493776787).jpg
Creator: Bell Helicopter Company
Subject: Strother, Dora Jean Dougherty 1921-
Ducayet, E. J
Buyers, R. C
Bell Helicopter Company
New York University
Type: Black-and-White Prints
Date: 1961
Topic: Women engineers
Women scientists
Aerospace engineering
Helicopter pilots
Test pilots
Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-1409]
Summary: Dora Jean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921) (center) was a human factors engineer and test pilot for Bell Helicopter Co. in 1961 when this photograph was taken, and had just broken a helicopter altitude record (at 19,406 feet) in a Bell 47G-3. She was being congratulated by Bell chief test pilot R.C. Buyers (at left) and company president E.J. Ducayet (at right). Strother earned the first Ph.D. in aviation science from New York University and received many awards during her career for achievements in flight and engineering.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Headline
Jean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921) (center). Also pictured: E.J. Ducayet (right) and R.C. Buyers (left).
Image title
90-105, 7, Portraits Dos-Doz; "Dora Jean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921) (center) was a human factors engineer and test pilot for Bell Helicopter Co. in 1961 when this photograph was taken, and had just broken a helicopter altitude record (at 19,406 feet) in a Bell 47G-3. She was being c"
Author
Bell Helicopter Company
Short title
SIA2008-1409
Date and time of data generation
11:25, 25 January 2011
JPEG file comment
90-105, 7, Portraits Dos-Doz; "Dora Jean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921) (center) was a human factors engineer and test pilot for Bell Helicopter Co. in 1961 when this photograph was taken, and had just broken a helicopter altitude record (at 19,406 feet) in a Bell 47G-3. She was being c"