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{{Short description|American test pilot}}
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'''Suzanna Darcy-Henneman''' (some sources say her name is Susan Darcy) <ref>{{cite news|last1=Mikell|first1=Ann|title=Sky Is The Limit For Test Pilot|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/08/21/sky-is-the-limit-for-test-pilot/|access-date=October 18, 2019|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=August 21, 1991}}</ref> is a [[Boeing]] [[test pilot]] and lead test pilot of [[Boeing 777]] program.<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2004/march/mainfeature1.html Boeing Frontiers link]</ref> She was a pilot of a record-breaking 21,602.22 km flight from Hong Kong to London over the Pacific Ocean, America, and the Atlantic on November 9, 2005 in a Boeing 777-200LR.<ref>[http://www.seattlepi.com/business/247674_longflight10.html Commercial distance record]</ref> She joined Boeing in 1974, spent seven years as engineer, became trainer of airline pilots, and in 1985 was named Boeing Production Test pilot.

She graduated from the [[University of Washington]] in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautics and Aeronautical Engineering.<ref name="TDIA">{{cite web |title=Suzanna Darcy-Henneman Archives |url=https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/suzanna-darcy-henneman/ |website=This Day in Aviation |accessdate=15 October 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
She joined the [[Boeing]] company in 1974 as an assistant engineer, but was inspired to fly and began to take lessons in 1977. Around the same time, she attended the [[University of Washington]] to study aeronautics and astronautics, graduating with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in 1981. The following year, she was promoted at Boeing to an instructor in the training department. This job involved training pilots in how the aeroplanes functioned and writing parts of the operations manuals.<ref name="welch">{{cite book|last1=Welch|first1=Rosanne|title=Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space|date=1998|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif|isbn=978-0-874369-588|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo00rosa/page/53 53–54]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo00rosa/page/53}}</ref>

She was promoted to a [[test pilot]] position on October 31, 1985. This made her the first female test pilot employed by the company.<ref name="welch"/> In 1986, she was one of the speakers at the first World Aviation Education and Safety Congress, held in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hollander|first1=Lu|last2=Jessen|first2=Gene Nora|last3=West|first3=Verna|title=The Ninety-Nines: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow|date=1996|publisher=Turner Pub. Co.|location=Paducah, Ky.|isbn=978-1-563112-034|page=40|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfZBKREXdjgC&pg=PA40}}</ref> Over the next three years, Darcy accrued accreditation on the [[Boeing 737]], [[Boeing 757|757]] and [[Boeing 767|767]]. When she was accredited for the [[Boeing 747-400]] in 1989, she was the first woman to Captain that type of plane. Her job also involved testing prototype planes, and on occasion, flying them to overseas buyers.<ref name="welch"/> By 1991, she remained one of two female test pilots for Boeing, alongside [[Rose Looper]] who joined shortly after her.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mikell|first1=Ann|title=Sky Is The Limit For Test Pilot|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/08/21/sky-is-the-limit-for-test-pilot/|access-date=November 19, 2017|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=August 21, 1991}}</ref> She was part of the promotional Asian tour of the [[Boeing 777]] in 1995, and was part of the team who flew a plane from [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], to [[Seattle]] in a world record time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boeing 777 sets World Record from Bangkok to Seattle|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BOEING+777+SETS+WORLD+SPEED+RECORD+FROM+BANGKOK+TO+SEATTLE-a016876428|accessdate=November 19, 2017|work=PR Newswire|publisher=TheFreeLibrary|date=April 30, 1995|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035951/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BOEING+777+SETS+WORLD+SPEED+RECORD+FROM+BANGKOK+TO+SEATTLE-a016876428|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Suzanna appears in Season 1 Episode 1 “Flight” of [[Bill Nye the Science Guy]] in 1993 as a test pilot for Boeing. <ref> {{Cite episode |title=Flight |series= Bill Nye the Science Guy |date=September 10, 1993 |season= 1}}</ref>

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