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    My mom flies planes. She loves 

to fly. She loves it so much that 

she became an aerospace 

engineer.

   Engineers design and build all 

the things we use every day. They 

design and build cars,   buildings, 

televisions...and planes. They take 

ideas about how to make life 

better and figure out how to make 

those ideas work.

Engineers specialize in different areas. Some are 

electrical engineers who might design a power 

station. A structural engineer might design a 

bridge. Aerospace engineers, like my mom, work 

on anything that flies through the air or even in 

space. There are lots of different kinds of 

engineers.

Engineers work in different places, too. Some 

work in labs and others work outside. Some build 

models of their work and work on computers to 

see how their designs looks and works. Their job 

is never boring.

    The Wright Brothers were aerospace 

engineers. They built the first plane that 

flew under its own power. The first flight at 

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina lasted 12 

seconds and went 120 feet.

    Nobody knew much about flying back 

then so the Wright Brothers used a wind 

tunnel to test their wing designs. My mom

uses a wind tunnel to test

her designs just like they 

did. Her wind tunnel is a 

lot more complicated.

    Today aerospace engineers work on everything 

from the smallest planes to the 

biggest rockets. They have to make 

sure that their designs work the way 

they are supposed to and that they are 

safe. Millions of people fly on planes every 

day! It's important that planes are safe so aerospace 

engineers are very careful.

                Before I was born, my mom worked for       

                NASA and helped design the space 

                shuttle. She always wanted to be an 

                astronaut but had to settle for helping 

                them get into space. Aerospace engineers 

work on satellites, too 

    My mom always liked airplanes. When she was little 

she flew kites and built model planes. She decided to 

learn to fly and got her pilot certificate before she got 

her driver's license! Flying was the most important 

thing for her.

    In school she studied hard and took lots of math 

and science courses. Those courses are important for 

any kind of engineering career. Engineers use math 

and science in their jobs everyday.

                                   Mom graduated from high     

                               school and went to a college  

                               that had an aerospace  

                               engineering program. There    

                               were lots of other students who 

wanted to be engineers but not many of them were 

women like my mom. She said some of them didn't 

think women were smart enough to be engineers.

Mom studied REALLY hard. When she graduated, she 

had the highest grades in her class. I guess she 

showed them. She taught me that anyone can be 

whatever they want to be if they love it and want to 

work hard. I want to be an engineer just like my mom.

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