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Karina Miranda is a Chilean Air Force combat aviator who, in 2010, became the first woman from her country to break the sound barrier, flying faster than per hour on one of her training flights in a Northrop F-5 fighter.
According to French, her accomplishment was significant, "Flying at 20,000 feet above ground, Karina Miranda became the first Chilean woman pilot to break the sound barrier since it was first broken by a Chilean man in the 1970s."
Her superior, Commander Sergio Romero, who was in charge of Miranda’s combat flight group at the time, said that the F-5, and the F-16 "are the two planes on the front line.” He went on to emphasize that to fly these fighters, pilots had to have completed many hours of training, adding that "Lt. Miranda has those years of experience.”
Since her graduation from combat aviation school, other women have completed the program, but, as of 2015, Miranda was the only female pilot in Chile who was actively flying a first-line aircraft with supersonic capabilities.
The agenda for the exhibition included having the two pilots meet young American females to encourage them to consider aviation careers and to explore piloting opportunities.
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