Evelyn Stone Bryan Johnson, wotchedwa "Amayi Mbalame," anali woyendetsa ndege wamkazi yemwe anali ndi maola ambiri owuluka padziko lonse lapansi. Anali msilikali mu Civil Air Patrol komanso membala woyambitsa gulu la Morristown, Tennessee Civil Air Patrol.
Pamene mwamuna woyamba wa Evelyn, W. J. Bryan, analoŵa usilikali mu 1941, anaganiza zoyamba ulendo wa pandege monga ntchito yosangalalira. Kuti akafike ku phunziro lake loyamba la ulendo wa pandege, anafunika kukwera sitima ndi basi, kuyenda mtunda wa kilomita imodzi, ndiyeno kupalasa kukafika ku bwalo la ndege, chifukwa mlatho unali usanamangidwe kuti ukafikeko.
Ulendo wake woyamba wa pandege unachitika pa November 8, 1944, ndipo analandira laisensi yachinsinsi mu 1945 ndi satifiketi ya zamalonda mu 1946. Anakhala mlangizi wa zandege mu 1947. Anaphunzitsa oyendetsa ndege okwana 5,000 asanasiye kuwerengera ndi kutsimikizira oposa 9,000 pa. Federal Aviation Administration. Anaphunzira kuuluka kuchokera kwa iye anali oyendetsa ndege amtsogolo a ndege ndi ndege zonyamula katundu, oyang'anira ndege zam'tsogolo, komanso Senator wakale wa Tennessee Howard Baker.
Kwa zaka zambiri, adagulitsa ndege za Cessna, adalemba za ndege zamapepala amalonda, adachita nawo mpikisano wandege kupita ku Havana ndi kudera lonse la America, ndipo adakhala m'modzi mwa azimayi oyamba kulandira layisensi ya helikopita. Monga woyendetsa ndege zamitundumitundu, kuphatikizapo jeti, sanagwerepo, akumayendetsa kulephera kwa injini kawiri ndi moto kamodzi.
Ali ndi zaka 92, Evelyn anali mphunzitsi wamkulu kwambiri wa ndege padziko lonse, malinga ndi bungwe la Owners and Pilots Association, ndipo anapitiriza kuphunzitsa kwa zaka zina 3. Wobadwa patangopita zaka 6 pambuyo pa ndege yoyamba ya abale a Wright mu 1903, adawuluka makilomita 5.5 miliyoni - zofanana ndi maulendo 23 kupita ku mwezi - ndi maola oposa 57,634.4 - zofanana ndi zaka 6.5 m'mwamba.
Ntchito ya Evelyn yowuluka inatha pamene glaucoma ndi kutayika mwendo chifukwa cha ngozi ya galimoto zinamuchititsa kuti atseke mabuleki ake. Iye anati poyankhulana ndi USA Today, "Sikuwuluka komwe kuli vuto. Ikulowetsa prosthesis mu ndege zazing'ono. Ndikugwira ntchito. ” Anakwera ndege komaliza mu 2005.
Zopereka za Mama Bird pazaulendo wa pandege zimapitilira kuuluka komanso kuwongolera ndege. Anali ndi ntchito yokhazikika - Morristown Flying Service - kwa zaka 33, ndipo adakondwerera zaka 54 za utumiki ku Moore-Murrell Field ku Morristown, Tennessee. Kwa zaka 19, Johnson anali wogulitsa Cessna, choncho ankakwera ndege ndikugulitsa pafupifupi chilichonse chomwe Cessna anapanga. Anali ndi ndege zambiri, kuyambira Aeronca Champ mpaka Super Cruiser.
Johnson adatumikira ku Tennessee Aeronautics Commission kwa zaka 18 ndipo anali wapampando kwa zaka zinayi zazaka zimenezo. Adathandizira kugawa ndalama za boma ndi FAA zothandizira ntchito zowongolera ma eyapoti m'boma lonse.
Mu 2006, atafunsidwa za nthawi yopuma pantchito, yankho lake linali lakuti: “Ndikadzakula mokwanira. Ndili ndi zaka 97 zokha.” Anapitiliza kuyang'anira bwalo la ndege lakumaloko kupitirira zaka 100.
Mayi Bird anabadwa pa November 4, 1909 ku Corbin, Kentucky, ndipo anamwalira ali ndi zaka 102 pa May 10, 2012 ku Morristown, Tennessee. Adapulumuka amuna ake onse, adakwatiwa ndi Wyatt Jennings Bryan kuchokera 1931-1963 komanso kwa Morgan Johnson kuchokera 1965-1977.
Munthu m'modzi yekha ndiye adaposa mbiri ya Evelyn ya maola owuluka - Ed Long, waku Alabamian, yemwe adawononga maola opitilira 64,000 othawa. Mphekesera zimanena kuti chimodzi mwa mawu omalizira a Bambo Long chinali, "Musalole kuti mkaziyo andimenye."
