Mama Tsuntsaye: Matukin jirgin sama mai rikodin rikodi

Evelyn Stone Bryan Johnson, wacce ake yi wa lakabi da “Mama Bird,” ita ce ma’aikaciyar jirgin da ta fi yawan sa’o’in tashi sama a duniya. Ta kasance Kanar a cikin Civil Air Patrol kuma memba ce ta kafa Morristown, Tennessee Civil Air Patrol squadron.

Lokacin da mijin farko na Evelyn, WJ Bryan, ya shiga cikin Soja a 1941, ta yanke shawarar fara tashi a matsayin abin sha'awa. Don zuwa darasin jirgi na farko, sai da ta hau jirgin kasa da bas, ta yi tafiyar mil kwata, sannan ta hau jirgi zuwa filin jirgin, domin har yanzu ba a yi gada da za ta kai shi ba.

Jirginta na farko ya kasance ne a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1944, kuma ta sami lasisi mai zaman kansa a 1945 da takardar shaidar kasuwanci a 1946. Ta zama mai koyar da jirgin sama a 1947. Ta koyar da matukan jirgi 5,000 kafin ta daina kirgawa kuma ta ba da takardar shaidar fiye da 9,000. Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta Tarayya. Koyon yadda za su tashi daga wurinta su ne matukan jirage masu saukar ungulu na jirage masu saukar ungulu na jirage masu saukar ungulu na jirage masu saukar ungulu na gaba, shugabannin kamfanonin jiragen sama na gaba, da tsohon Sanata Howard Baker na Tennessee.

A cikin shekaru da yawa, ta sayar da jiragen Cessna, ta rubuta game da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama don takardun kasuwanci, ta shiga cikin tseren jirgin sama zuwa Havana da dukan Amurka, kuma ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da suka sami lasisin helikwafta. A matsayinta na matukin jirgi iri-iri da dama, ciki har da jet, ba ta taba yin karo ba, inda ta yi ta fama da kasawar injin sau biyu sannan ta yi gobara sau daya.

A cikin shekaru 92, Evelyn ita ce mai koyar da jirgin sama mafi tsufa a duniya, a cewar kungiyar masu mallakar jiragen sama da matukan jirgi, kuma ta ci gaba da koyarwa har tsawon shekaru 3. An haife ta ne kawai shekaru 6 bayan jirgin farko na 'yan'uwan Wright a 1903, ta yi tafiyar mil miliyan 5.5 - kwatankwacin tafiye-tafiye 23 zuwa duniyar wata - da fiye da sa'o'i 57,634.4 - daidai da shekaru 6.5 a sama.

Aikin tukin jirgin sama na Evelyn ya zo ƙarshe lokacin da cutar glaucoma da kuma asarar ƙafata sakamakon hatsarin mota ya sa ta taka birkin iska. Ta ce a wata hira da ta yi da USA Today, “Ba tashi jirgin ba ne matsalar. Yana shigar da prosthesis cikin ƙananan jiragen sama. Ina aiki a kai." A shekarar 2005 ta tashi da jirgi na karshe.

Gudunmawar Mama Bird ga zirga-zirgar jiragen sama gabaɗaya ta wuce koyarwar tashi da jirgi. Ta mallaki ƙayyadadden aiki - Morristown Flying Service - tsawon shekaru 33, kuma ta yi bikin shekaru 54 na hidima a filin Moore-Murrell a Morristown, Tennessee. Shekaru 19, Johnson dila ce ta Cessna, don haka ta tashi ta sayar da kusan duk abin da Cessna ta yi. Ta mallaki jiragen sama da yawa, tun daga Aeronca Champ zuwa Super Cruiser.

Johnson ya yi aiki a Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta Tennessee na tsawon shekaru 18 kuma ya kasance shugaban 4 na waɗannan shekarun. Ta taimaka wajen ware kudaden tallafi na jiha da FAA don ayyukan inganta filin jirgin a fadin jihar.

A cikin 2006, lokacin da aka tambaye ta lokacin da ta shirya yin ritaya, amsarta ita ce: “Lokacin da na isa girma. Ina da shekara 97 kacal.” Ta ci gaba da kula da filin jirgin sama na gida fiye da shekaru 100.

An haifi Mama Bird a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 1909 a Corbin, Kentucky, kuma ta mutu tana da shekaru 102 a ranar 10 ga Mayu, 2012 a Morristown, Tennessee. Ta tsira daga mazajenta biyu, ta auri Wyatt Jennings Bryan daga 1931 – 1963 da kuma Morgan Johnson daga 1965 – 1977.

Mutum daya ne kawai ya zarce rikodin sa'o'i da Evelyn ta yi - Ed Long, dan kasar Alabamiya, wanda ya kwashe sama da sa'o'i 64,000 na lokacin jirgin. Jita-jita ya nuna cewa ɗaya daga cikin kalaman Mista Long na ƙarshe shine, "Kada wannan matar ta doke ni."