{"id":90403,"date":"2021-04-22T17:09:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T21:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-462301"},"modified":"2023-06-26T19:28:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T23:28:07","slug":"elizabeth-liz-ruth","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/elizabeth-liz-ruth\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Ruth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.5); transform-origin: 50% 25%; object-position: 50% 25%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg?resize=768,1151 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg?resize=1025,1536 1025w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg?resize=400,600 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg?resize=600,900 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2017-0288-09_liz_ruth.jpg?resize=800,1200 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Ruth<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">NASA Pilot<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth \u201cLiz\u201d Ruth is a research pilot at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. She flies the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-096-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">SOFIA<\/a>), a modified Boeing 747SP with the world\u2019s largest airborne astronomical observatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining Armstrong\u2019s flight operations in 2016, Ruth was a legislative assistant for San Luis Obispo County in California from 2013 to 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ruth\u2019s earlier career, she was a United Airlines flight officer on the B737-300, B757, B767 and B777 aircraft. She also worked for the company as a simulator and academic instructor for the<br>\nB737-300 and was on the development team for the B737-300 Fleet Computer Based Training and Advanced Qualification Training Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining United, Ruth was an active duty pilot of the U.S. Air Force, where she served as instructor pilot, check pilot and aircraft commander for the T-38 and T-43 from 1981 to1989. She concluded her military career with the rank of captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She also earned a Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where she attended classes at McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth \u201cLiz\u201d Ruth is a research pilot at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. She flies the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747SP with the world\u2019s largest airborne astronomical observatory. 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