My first ride in an airplane was at nine years of age, and it was wonderful: the freedom, the smell of the exhaust, the air going over my hair... It was me. It was part of me. — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
We hadn't been to space yet, so there was no idea what the human body would have to endure in terms of stress. That's… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I went on to Oklahoma State University, who was the best flight school in the United States at that time from the mid '50s… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I think we all know what actually happened. It was a good old boy network, and there was no such thing as a good… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of astronaut training through the world, Russia, America. And I could always beat the guys on what they were doing… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
We may get a few trips but it is the coming generation of women who really will perform in outer space. — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
My feelings are 'Godspeed, John Glenn.' But I feel badly that he took a spot away from a young astronaut who had probably waited… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
Russia will have a woman in space before the United States calls for a crash program for women astronauts. — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
