Wally Funk
Dreams really do come true
You may have heard about this: 82-year-old Wally Funk of Grapevine, Texas, became the oldest person to fly to space. Funk accompanied Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, and 18-year-old private pilot Oliver Daemen in Bezos’ Blue Origin New Shepard rocket on July 20, 2021. “My brain is still up there,” she said nearly one month after her historic flight. “I want to go back.”
Julie Summers Walker
AOPA Senior Features Editor
AOPA Senior Features Editor Julie Summers Walker joined AOPA in 1998. She is a student pilot still working toward her solo.