Betty Gillies

**Betty Gillies** (Janairu 7, 1908 - Oktoba 14, 1998) ta kasance matukin jirgin sama na Amurka, kuma matukin jirgi ta farko da ya cancanci shiga ƙungiyar Mata Matukan Jirgin Sama na Al'umma, daga baya aka haɗe shi da kungiyar Sojin Sama Mata Matuka Jiragen Sama..

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Betty Huyler a shekarar 1908 ga wata iyali mai wadata a Long Island. Ta fara tuka jirgin sama a shekarar 1928 lokacin da take ɗaliba ma'aikaciyar jinya a Asibitin Presbyterian da ke birnin New York, kuma a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 1929, bayan jimillar  lokacin tuka jirgin sama na tsawon  sa'o'i 23, gami da ka'idoji, ta sami lasisin #6525. 

Nan da nan Huyler ta fara kirkirar lokaci don samun lasisin kasuwanci kuma lokacin da aka kafa ta a watan Nuwamba 1929, ta shiga ƙungiyar *The Ninety-Nines*, wata ƙungiya ta ƙasa da ƙasa ta mata matuka jirgin sama, wacce Amelia Earhart ta jagoranta. An zaɓi sunan ƙungiyar ne saboda mata 99 sun halarci taron farko, ciki har da Huyler. Tsakanin 1939 da 1941, ita ce shugabar 99s kuma ta jagoranci yaƙi da Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta Civil Aeronautics (CAA) kan hana mata tuka da jirgi a yayin dauke ciki.  Daga baya ta mallaki kuma ta yi jigilar amphibian Grumman Widgeon.

A shekarar 1930, Huyler ta auri Brewster Allison "Bud" Gillies, mataimakin shugaban kamfanin jiragen sama na Grumman. 

## Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu

A shekarar 1942, Gillies ita ce matukin jirgi na farko da ta cancanci shiga rundunar mata ta mata. Ta shiga WAFS a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1942. A wannan lokacin, ta tara shekaru 14 na ƙwarewar tashi, inda ta yi jimillar sa'o'i 1,400 na tuka jirgin sama, kuma ta riƙe matsayi daban-daban na jirgin sama.

Lokacin da Nancy Love ta koma Love Field, Dallas, Texas don fara sabuwar rundunar jiragen ruwa ta WAFS, an naɗa Gillies a matsayin shugaban rundunar WAFS da aka tura zuwa ga Rukunin Jiragen Ruwa na 2, New Castle Army Air Base, Wilmington, Delaware .

A farkon watan Maris na shekarar 1943, Gillies ta zama mace ta farko da ta tashi da jirgin sama kirar Republic P-47 Thunderbolt lokacin da aka duba ta a cikin jirgin a Wilmington. "Duba" ya ƙunshi bayani game da tsarin jiragen sama, halayen tashi da kuma hanyoyin gaggawa. [ N 1 ]

Ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ayyukan jirgin ruwa da rundunar soja ta asali ta yi a Wilmington ya faru ne a watan Afrilun 1943, lokacin da aka kawo jiragen Fairchild PT-26 guda huɗu daga Hagerstown, Maryland, zuwa DeWinton, Alberta, Kanada, nisan mil sama da 2,500. Gillies ita ce shugabar jirgin, sauran matukan jirgin guda uku kuma su ne Nancy Batson, Helen McGilvery da Kathryn Bernheim. Nau'in jirgin da aka yi a jirgin yana da saurin tafiya na kusan 100 kawai.&nbsp;mph.

Tawagar ta bar Hagerstown a ranar 18 ga Afrilu, ta kwana a Joliet, Illinois (mil 697 daga nesa), ta kwana a North Platte, Nebraska, bayan tafiyar mil 585, sannan ta yi doguwar tafiya mil 846 zuwa Great Falls, Montana . A ranar 21 ga Afrilu sun tashi da sauran mil 275 zuwa DeWinton, Alberta. Duk matukan jirgin guda huɗu sun dawo Rukunin 2 da yammacin Juma'a, 23 ga Afrilu, kuma Kanar Baker ya yaba musu saboda isar da su cikin sauri da gamsarwa, wanda ya haɗa da ba wai kawai tuka jirgin ba har ma da ayyukan cike takardu na waɗannan jigilar, kamar rajistan jiragen sama, rahotannin mai, da saƙonnin RON (sun gama su a lokaci daya). 

Betty da mijinta Bud Gillies suna da 'ya'ya uku. Daya daga cikin 'yaranta ya rasu a lokacin yana dan shekaru 4 a duniya, sauran danta namiji da mace sun zamo matuka jirgin sama na 'yan kasuwa. Sannan kuma mutum hudu daga cikin jikokinta sun zamo matuka jirgin sama su ma.   

## Manazarta