of the space program explain why the famed mercury 7 astronauts went into space but not any of the 13 so-called first lady astronaut trainees. this oral history from 1999 is from the nasa johnson space center history collection. .. this is carol butler and i m doing an oral history for the nasa history office with wally funk, retired ntsb investigator, senior flight instructor, chief pilot, wonderful woman of aerospace. thank you for joining us today. thank you very much for having me. to begin, if we could talk briefly about your early career and your interest in aviation developing and how you moved forward and to the aerospace career as a woman. well, aerospace was not really a name in my young life. flying airplanes was. i had got my first try at flying, just pure flying, by flying my superman cape off my daddy s foreign when i was about five years old. and i was allowed to make airplanes out a blocks of balsam wouldn t hang them from my ceiling when i went on the c
Prosecutor joe mccarthy, states attorney from Montgomery County as well as the Commonwealth Attorney for Bedford County, virginia, sitting at the table over here to the right. The parents of the lyon sisters. It was 40 years ago this year that the two little girls, 12 and 10 years old, vanished from what was then the Wheaton Plaza just across the street from where we are right now. The Bedford County sheriff without a press release saying there would be a major development. What we believe will happen is that they will announce charges are being filed against one of the socalled persons of interest that had been named in this case. This is still up in the air. It has been kept very, very quiet. We believe indictments were issued some time ago but kept sealed, and that the prosecutor the commonwealths attorney, and sheriff of Bedford County virginia now believe there are ready to move ahead with charges. Why virginia . The family of the socalled person of interest, lloyd welch convicted
Heavy crowding on the systems busiest line. Chopper four is en route to the red line to give images of this for now, we can tell you, if metro says if you need to reach the begin brook or white flynn stations you have to use an outbound train from d. C. Toward Montgomery County. The inbound trains will be passing the stations to reduce delays. This appears to be connected to a track problem outside grover in metro has been working on since this morning. Two men are facing charges for shooting a man inside a metro garage. Douglas chase and Brent Sanderson are accused of killing a man by the name of eric melgar inside the Wheaton Metro station garage. It happened yesterday evening before the sun set. No word yet on a possible motive in that shooting. Another development in the birthday cake beating. The mother and uncle are held without bail. The uncle handcuffed his nephew to a chair so the moms boyfriend could beat him unconscious. Jack garcia was only 9 years old and died from that be
Read. Jonathan this will make your head scratch if you kitties late who play sports. Its from a girls softball tournament. To death caught on camera. This is the Opening Ceremony of the event in salisbury. Sheriffs deputies say one of the men sent a text message to the other either challenging him to a fight or taunting him. Its down from a previous dispute. Mike carter working a getting brandnew information on who these two fathers are. We will have more on abc 7 news at 5 00. Disturbing information released in the disappearance of the lion sisters more than four decades ago. Investigators say that lloyd welch junior, the man charged, and the sisters were taken to they could be sexually exploited. Brad bell isnt that for county virginia with what else investigators are reviewing. Reporter authorities talked openly about what we learn from document yesterday. They believe in 1975 he drove to this property near bedford, virginia on top of the mountain with two big duffel bags that a Fam
At this afternoon and throughout the night abc 7 on and on wjla. Com. Then a special edition of world news tonight. They will have Team Coverage of the seven shooting. Kellye we are tracking to develop its in the lyon sisters case. Investigators held a press conference about the murder indictment of lloyd welch and the disappearance of the two girls. They vanished 40 years ago. Maryland bureau chief red bell went to Bedford County today to learn more about what exact the investigators think happened next. Reporter a day after announcing charges against convicted sex offender lloyd the welch for the abduction and murder 40 years ago of the lyon sisters lawenforcement officials are releasing horrible details about the case. The motive for the induction of the sisters was to sexually exploit, abuse, and defiled and. Reporter you document revealed relatives of lloyd welch say they remember that the 18yearold carnival worker showing up at this family property on Taylor Mountain near bedford