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MOJAVE, from 3
“Amy Mulligan is a licensed A&P Mechanic
and works at Scaled Composites. Barney and Al-
drich thought it would be appropriate to have a
female mechanic work on her airplane!
“Then a press conference before being whisked
off to tour several aerospace companies. After a
couple hours to just breathe; Zara, a videographer,
and I piled into my Grumman Tiger to perch over
the Central Valley to see the SpaceX launch streak
across the night sky out of Vandenberg.”
Barney said, “As tired as she was, Zara (Fly-
Zolo) wanted to see the SpaceX launch out of
Vandenberg on Monday night. This is another
fun general aviation activity that doesn’t involve
$100 hamburgers or pancake breakfasts. The night
launches are easily visible even 100 miles away.
Launch window was 8:55 p.m. so we timed it so
we were over the Central Valley to view it without Photograph by Cathy Hansen
worrying about terrain. We could see the shape of
the plume and when the first stage went out and
the second one lit. What a beautiful night for it!”
Rutherford had planned to leave the following
day, but smoke from fires made the visibility im-
possible for her to fly. Barney took her up in the
Tiger to see at what altitude the smoke would be
clear enough to see. At 6,500-feet it was still too
thick to cross the mountains for her intended route
to Palo Alto, Calif. It wasn’t clear until 8,000 feet,
but there was no visibility to the ground. One more
day on the ground to be safe.
She departed at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday morning
and made a safe flight to Palo Alto. Everyone at
Mojave Air and Space Port wished Zara (FlyZolo)
the very best on her continued journey around the
world.
Photograph by Cathy Hansen Photograph by Diane Barney

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