Photo: U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
MV/CV-22 Osprey Data File
First Flight: March 19, 1989
Delivered: 2006
Propulsion: Two Rolls-Royce AE1107C turbo shaft engines
Thrust: More than 6,200 shaft horsepower per engine
Accommodation: crew: officer: two pilots; enlisted: two flight
engineers
Load: 24 troops seated, 32 troops on floor, or 10,000 lbs. cargo
Length: Fuselage: 57.3 ft.
Width: Rotors turning: 84.7 ft.; Stowed: 18.4 ft.
Height: Nacelles vertical: 22.1 ft.; Stabilizer: 17.9 ft.
Rotor Diameter: 38.1 ft.
everybody can. And I think girls
make some of the best engineers
I’ve seen throughout my career
here, throughout college. They
do some amazing stuff, and our
efforts as women can not be
underappreciated.
I had the fortune of having
mentors along the way tell me that
I could do it, and I try to give that
back to the girls I now see at my
outreach events.
I tell them that they can do it too.
Q:
At any point in your career
have you felt that being a
woman held you back?
Mohl: Never. It has been equal
ground the entire time. Never once
have I felt like I wasn’t respected.
It doesn’t even make a difference
Maximum Vertical Takeoff Weight: 52,870 pounds (23,982
kilograms)
Maximum Rolling Takeoff Weight: 60,500 pounds (27,443
kilograms)
Armament: One .50 Cal Machine gun on ramp
Max Cruise Speed: 277 mph
Ceiling: 25,000 feet (7,620 meters)
Mission Radius: 500 miles with one internal auxiliary fuel
tank. In flight refueling capable.
Unit cost: $89 million (fiscal 2005 dollars)
Compiled by David Richards from U.S. Air Force documents
here, which is wonderful. It’s really
when you are growing up that boys
get pushed towards math and
science, while girls don’t. Having
people push me towards math
and science has been the key part
to me achieving what I’ve been
able to.
Q:
So, do you feel that having
a mentor made a huge
difference?
Mohl: Definitely – not only growing
up, but also now at Boeing. I’ve
mentored a couple of higher
executive women here and now,
seeing how much they have
accomplished has helped me
understand what I want my career
path to be, as well. So yes, it has
really been essential to my career.
I think this sentiment by author
C. Joybell C., “You may not know
where you’re going, but you know
that so long as you spread your
wings, the winds will carry you.”,
sums it up quite nicely.
Mohl is a great example of what
a strong sense of commitment
to a passion can help a person
achieve. Not only does she excel
in her field with her talent, she
takes it a step further by giving
back via her outreach efforts. She
builds quality defense equipment
and inspires girls to head in the
direction of their engineering
dreams. She may not have had
her map drawn up the entire way
through her academic career,
but she clearly ended up exactly
where she was meant to be.
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