Dora Dougherty Strother

**Dora Jean Dougherty Strother** (wanda kuma aka sani da Dora Dougherty McKeown ko Dora Strother McKeown; 27 ga Nuwamba, 1921 - 19 ga Nuwamba, 2013)   ta kasance matukin jirgin sama na Amurka wanda aka fi sani da Matan Jiragen Sama na Sabis (WASP) da kuma matukin jirgin B-29 Superfortress . Ta kasance matukin jirgin sama na sojan Amurka, injiniyan human factors tare da Bell Aircraft, malami a Jami'ar Illinois kuma matukin jirgin sama na gwajin helikwafta na Bell Aircraft.

Strother ta yi digirin digirgir a fannin Ilimin Jiragen Sama ( NYU, 1955). Ta sami kyautar Amelia Earhart Award saboda nasarar da ta samu a fannin ilimi kuma ta kasance cikin waɗanda suka yi nasara a Zauren Shahararrun Sojojin Sama.  A shekarar 1966, ƙungiyar mata ta jami'o'i ta Amurka ta ba ta kyautar Nasara. Strother ta kasance cikin waɗanda suka yi nasara a Zauren Shahararrun Mata na Texas a shekarar 1987.  Strother kuma ta kasance Whirly-Girl, ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar ƙungiyar daga 1979 zuwa 1981, kuma memba ce a ƙungiyar Ninety-Nines .  

## Aiki a matsayin WASP
A shekarar 1940, Strother ta sami takardar shaidar matukin jirgin sama ta hanyar Shirin Horar da Matukin Jirgin Sama na Farar Hula, wanda Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta Farar Hula ta dauki nauyinsa. Daga nan ta zama mace ta shida a Amurka da ta sami lasisin tukin jirgin sama. Bukatar matukan jirgi maza a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ta buɗe ƙofofi don shirye-shiryen horar da matukan jirgi ga mata. Da farko, an gudanar da shirye-shiryen horo guda biyu daban-daban: Ƙungiyar Mata Masu Taimakon Jiragen Ruwa (WAFS) Nancy Harkness Love ce ke jagorantar ta da kuma Rundunar Horar da Mata Masu Jiragen Ruwa ta 319 (WFTD) wadda Jacqueline Cochran ta shirya daga Houston. An haɗa shirye-shiryen a shekarar 1943 a matsayin Mata Masu Jiragen Ruwa na Sojojin Sama (WASP) kuma Cochran ne ke jagoranta. Dora Jean Dougherty Strother ta yi aikin sa kai kuma an zaɓe ta a aji na uku na shirin WASP (43-3). 

Ayyukan tuƙi na Strother a cikin shirin WASP sun haɗa da horar da jiragen sama, ja da makami don harba makamai masu linzami, jigilar jiragen ruwa, da kuma tuƙi na sarrafa rediyo. WASPs kamar Strother sun yi amfani da kusan kowace irin jirgin sama da Sojojin Sama ke amfani da shi kamar haɗin gwiwa, horo, da jiragen ɗaukar kaya. Sun kuma yi amfani da jiragen sama da horar da wasu matukan jirgi don tashi da mayaƙa, masu jefa bama-bamai a nutsewa, masu jefa bama-bamai a kai, da manyan jiragen sama kamar B-29.  A shekarar 1944, Laftanar Kanar Paul W. Tibbets ya zaɓi ita da abokin aikinta na WASP Dorothea Johnson Moorman don koyon tashi da babban jirgin sama na Boeing B-29 Superfortress . An ɗauki jirgin a matsayin mai haɗari da wahala, kuma Tibbets ya yi imanin cewa matan biyu za su iya koyon tashi da jirgin mai injuna huɗu don nuna amincinsa. Bayan kwanaki huɗu na horon jirgin sama, Tibbets ta ba da takardar shaidar Strother da Moorman don B-29, wasu daga cikin mata kaɗan da suka tashi da wannan jirgin tsawon shekaru da yawa.   Sun yi amfani da B-29 daga Birmingham, Alabama, zuwa Clovis, New Mexico . A can suka ɗauki ma'aikatan jirgin sama maza suka kuma horar da su, wanda ya nuna yuwuwar tashi da jirgin B-29  na 'yan kwanaki, kuma ra'ayin ma'aikatan jirgin game da jirgin B-29 ya inganta.   Sai Hafsan Hafsoshin Sojan Sama Manjo Janar Barney Giles ya dakatar da shirin. 

An sallami Strother daga rundunar sojin saman Amurka a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1944, bayan ya jagoranci jiragen sama 23 daban-daban. 

## Koyarwa, injiniyanci, da helikwafta
Bayan da aka wargaza aikin WASP, Strother ta fara aiki a Jami'ar Illinois kuma ta koyar da darussan jirgin sama; waɗannan sun haɗa da darussan jirgin sama na farko, na ci gaba, da na kayan aiki. Kafin haka, daga 1944 zuwa 1949, ta yi aiki a filayen jirgin sama a faɗin Amurka, tana koyar da matukan jirgi da jiragen ruwa. [1] A farkon shekarun 1950, Strother ta yi karatun Ilimin Jiragen Sama, inda ta sami digirin digirgir daga Jami'ar New York a 1955. Ta ci gaba da koyarwa a Jami'ar Illinois a matsayin Babban Matukin Jirgin Bincike har zuwa 1957. [1]

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