sentences:  When the United States Navy first offered official flight training to females in 1973, orders were cut for only 8 potential female pilots, six of whom went on to earn their wings.Neuffer was one of these first six, and had been the first woman to solo in a US Navy aircraft, a T-34, on May 10, 1973.The other five women to earn their wings were Barbara Allen Rainey, Jane Skiles O'Dea, Rosemary Mariner, Ana Marie Fuqua, and Joellen Drag.