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(Air Force Maj. Cari Piha)
My name is Cari Piha. I'm a
major in the United States Air

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Force. I've been a C-17
pilot for about 10 years now.

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Being here in Amelia Earhart's
hangar feels inspirational and

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awe-inspiring. She was a
trailblazer for women in her time.

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(Air Force Capt. Emily Barkemeyer)
I'm Capt. Emily Barkemeyer. I'm
a C-17 instructor pilot.

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I'm so glad that we have the
opportunity to be here and to

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walk in the same, literally in
the same hanger that she was in,

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that she fixed her plane in,
that she took off from, and she

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landed here. And it's just, it's
a very cool feeling. She was

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one of the very first to do the
things that she did, and she was

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attempting to fly around the
world and a feat back then that

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was unheard of, and something
that I can do any day of the

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week now because of the
advances in technology and the

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advances of the human mind, to realize
that we are capable of so much more.

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(Piha)
Amelia Earhart was a legacy in her own day and

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I feel like that legacy has
been carried on for generations.

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And it takes a lot of support
from your team. We've come a

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far way and just to be an
inspiration to our sons and

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daughters, and to show them that
this is normal. This makes me proud.

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(Barkemeyer)
I just can only hope that you know when my sons are

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my age that they know that, of
course, a female can be a

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pilot. Of course she can fly
around the world. It's not

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a question of how, or if they're capable.
It's just a question of when they want to.

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(Piha)
I feel proud to be an

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inspiration to both of my
daughters and show them that

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they can do whatever they want
as long as they put the hard

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work in and they keep their
minds determined.