Eileen Collins was born as Eileen Marie Collins. She has been married to Pat Youngs since 1987. They have two children.
The Air Force was testing whether women could succeed as military pilots. We obviously were living i...Show more »
The Air Force was testing whether women could succeed as military pilots. We obviously were living in a fishbowl - everyone knew who we were, our personal business, our test scores and our flight performance. My philosophy was to be the best pilot I could be: if the first women did poorly, that could have caused the cancellation of the program. Show less «
