I first flew in a plane at eight, and by the age of 10 I had mother drive me out to an airstrip to study the planes parked there. — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
When I went on to college, I was allowed to take flying, as my mother had dearly loved flying and her father wouldn't allow her to, so they encouraged me then to go on into my aviation career. — 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
