Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Bohn-Meyer, Marta September 18, 2005
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The Tehachapi News 
Marta Bohn-Meyer

Aug. 18, 1957 — Sept. 18, 2005

Marta Bohn-Meyer left us last Sunday, Sept. 18, doing what she loved since a 
young woman, when her Giles 300 aerobatic aircraft crashed in Oklahoma while 
she was practicing for the upcoming USA Aerobatic National Contest.

Marta was married for 26 years to Bob Meyer, who together with Marta, shared a 
deep passion not only for flying but also for helping introduce others, 
especially the youth, into the engineering sciences. She was known for her 
generosity and self-sacrifice with helping others in the aviation and 
educational communities. Marta had a flair for a no-nonsense attitude in 
getting things done and she let no obstacle stand in her way. Ask any man or 
woman who had the good fortune of knowing her and they will all testify to her 
zeal towards life. Marta was an inspiration to women in general, and women in 
aviation in particular, and was well known for her achievements in bettering 
our society.

Marta resided in Tehachapi with her husband for the last year and a half. 
Prior to this, they had lived in Quartz Hill for the rest of the 26 years that 
they had called California their home. She has left behind her parents, Ruth 
and Augie of Hancock, N.H., two sisters, Ilsa of Gaithersburg, Md., and 
Augusta of Clayton, N.Y., one brother, Carl, who resides in Kingman, Ariz., 
and five nephews, two nieces, and one grandniece.

Marta was born and raised on Long Island, N.Y. She attended Rensselaer 
Polytechnic Institute from which she graduated with a degree in aerospace 
engineering. Marta met her husband Bob while a co-op student at NASA Langley, 
Va. They were married in 1979. She was appointed chief engineer at NASA Dryden 
in October 2001 after serving other positions including director of Flight 
Operations, director of Safety and Mission Assurance, deputy director of 
Flight Operations, deputy director of Aerospace Projects and Project Manager 
for the F-16 XL Supersonic Laminar Flow Control project. Marta and her husband 
were the two flight engineers assigned to fly in the SR-71 high-speed flight 
research program at Dryden. She was the first female crewmember from NASA or 
the Air Force — and the second woman — to fly in one of the triple-sonic SR-
71s.

Marta was also an FAA-certified flight instructor with over 6,000 flight hours 
and in addition held an FAA Inspector Authorization license. As a member of 
the International Aerobatic Club, Marta was a USA Unlimited Team member for 
two years and the team manager this year in Spain where she was awarded the 
Most Valuable Volunteer award. She had been a fixture in the aerobatic 
community for over 20 years.

Among other honors, in 1996 she received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal 
for exceptional service in flight operations and project management in support 
of several national flight research programs. She was also awarded the 
Aerospace Educator Award in 1998 from Women in Aerospace and in 1992 received 
the Arthur C. Fleming Award in the Scientific Category. A frequent participant 
in education programs, particularly for girls, she was a role model for young 
women interested in entering into technical fields. She was loved very much by 
very many. Marta will indeed be sorely missed by the friends she has touched.



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Volume 106 - No. 24
Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2005


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