Wally Funk chats with students

March 20, 2012 | 6:16 p.m. CDT

Wally Funk, a female pioneer in aviation, encourages students of Hickman High School's Columbia Aeronautics and Space Association class on Tuesday. Funk recounted stories of her experience as a member of Mercury 13.

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