Susan Oliver, who played the character "Vina" in the "Star Trek" pilot



episode, had acquired a glider rating (as well as a number of other pilot



ratings.) See:







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Oliver







Some scenes of her from the Star Trek pilot episode:







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F5pAFhByU8







Here's a video that appears to show her in her Aero Commander 200 that she



used to fly the Atlantic in an attempt to become the first woman to fly



solo from New York to Moscow:







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM77SEPJQFA







Her book, if you can get a hold of a copy, is an interesting read with



plenty of material that most pilots can relate to. No glider content in it,



though.



Nice you should mention her. She made an episode of "The American Sportsman", a popular ABC TV show about soaring at El Mirage, California in 1972. She spent a week there flying and filming the show. I got to fly with her for a total of 4.2 hrs in the 2-33 and a 2-32. She was very lovely and gracious. She was the real deal as far as flying goes. On her solo Atlantic crossing, she had to take off from a one-way strip at the head of a fjord in Greenland, and made a dead reckoning circling instrument departure to get out of the fjord, and could see some wrecks on the cliffs of some others who had didn't make it doing the same thing. I heard that later, she also flew sailplanes at Black Forest in Colorado.

Filmmaker George Pappy of Los Angeles is making a documentary called "The Green Girl" about the life of actress and aviatrix (and glider pilot) Susan Oliver. It will feature her extensive career in television and films, and more of her personal life as well. Flying was a big part of her life. He is going to feature some clips from "The American Sportsman" television episode flimed over a week's time at El Mirage, California, where she got her glider rating in 1972, and flew a cross country flight to Giant Rock. Here are some links to some brief informational videos about his project. He is hoping to have it out some time in the Fall.

This one has a short clip from when she was flying gliders at El Mirage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w46hg0rhQgU

This is more about how George Pappy got the idea for the project and his plans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egu7DhOtFB4

This is a longer radio interview where he discusses the project in more depth and reveals some more interesting details about Susan Oliver's life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT7ZBJNYH5o

Facebook Page (Facebook Login required):
https://www.facebook.com/GreenGirlMovie

He also has a "Kickstarter" page about the project, and another dedicated website for it:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...he-green-girl/

http://thegreengirlmovie.com/