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'''Ann Lewis Cooper''' (April 10, 1934 - January 22.2020 ) was a [[Commercial pilot licence|commercial pilot]], flight instructor and inductee of the [[Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame]] in 2004. She was best known as an author who wrote over 700 magazine articles, edited aviation publications and published several biographies about flying.<ref> Women in Aviation International|url=https://www.wai.org/pioneers/2004/ann-lewis-cooper|access-date=2020-09-01|website=www.wai.org}}</ref>
Cooper was born in Baldwin, New York and was the youngest of three children. She graduated from [[Connecticut College|Connecticut College for Women]] with a sociology degree. In 1969 while at a cocktail party while married to Storris Warinner, she heard about a lieutenant's wife getting her pilot's license. She went on to get her license in August 1969 and had over 2000 flying hours.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She worked as a flight instructor at Southern Oregon Aviation.<ref></ref> During her lifetime she received her commercial rating, ground instructor advanced ratings and glider rating. She served as a designated safety advisor and was a test administrator for the [[Federal Aviation Administration]].<ref name=":0" />
== Writing ==
She wrote biographies about women in aviation including: ''Rising Above It, Edna Gardner Whyte'' (1991)<ref name=":0" />; ''Fire and Air, A Life on the Edge'' (1995); ''How High She Flies'' (1998) and ''Stars of the Sky'' (2008). She collaborated with her husband Charles on many other books including one on [[Tuskegee Airmen|Tuskegee Airman]] [[Roy LaGrone]] called ''Tuskegee's Heroes'' (1995), on ''War in Pacific Skies'' (2003) and ''Into the Sunlit Splendor'' (2005). <ref name=":1"></ref><ref name=":0" />
== Recognition ==
In 2004 she was inducted into the Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame. In 2010 she was named the Women in Aviation International Volunteer.<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 2016 she was inducted into the Greene County Women's Hall of Fame.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
== Family ==
Cooper was first married to Storris Warinner and they divorced after 21 years of marriage. She was then married to Charles Cooper for 14 years before her death.
== References ==
[[Category:Pilots]]
[[Category:American female aviators]]
Cooper was born in Baldwin, New York and was the youngest of three children. She graduated from [[Connecticut College|Connecticut College for Women]] with a sociology degree. In 1969 while at a cocktail party while married to Storris Warinner, she heard about a lieutenant's wife getting her pilot's license. She went on to get her license in August 1969 and had over 2000 flying hours.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She worked as a flight instructor at Southern Oregon Aviation.<ref></ref> During her lifetime she received her commercial rating, ground instructor advanced ratings and glider rating. She served as a designated safety advisor and was a test administrator for the [[Federal Aviation Administration]].<ref name=":0" />
== Writing ==
She wrote biographies about women in aviation including: ''Rising Above It, Edna Gardner Whyte'' (1991)<ref name=":0" />; ''Fire and Air, A Life on the Edge'' (1995); ''How High She Flies'' (1998) and ''Stars of the Sky'' (2008). She collaborated with her husband Charles on many other books including one on [[Tuskegee Airmen|Tuskegee Airman]] [[Roy LaGrone]] called ''Tuskegee's Heroes'' (1995), on ''War in Pacific Skies'' (2003) and ''Into the Sunlit Splendor'' (2005). <ref name=":1"></ref><ref name=":0" />
== Recognition ==
In 2004 she was inducted into the Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame. In 2010 she was named the Women in Aviation International Volunteer.<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 2016 she was inducted into the Greene County Women's Hall of Fame.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
== Family ==
Cooper was first married to Storris Warinner and they divorced after 21 years of marriage. She was then married to Charles Cooper for 14 years before her death.
== References ==
[[Category:Pilots]]
[[Category:American female aviators]]
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