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Liz Clark
Liz Clark is on the right in the picture below; co-worker
Mary Poplawski is on the left side. Shown at the FedEx
Express booth at the 2006 Women in Aviation Conference.
 Liz is a pilot for FedEx Express Corporate
Aviation in Memphis, TN. She currently
serves as a Captain on both the Challenger
601 and Learjet 45 aircraft flying
the executives and guests
of the corporation in the business of FedEx Corporation.
She is married to Flynn A. Clark and
lives in Southaven MS with
their two loving dogs and Flynn's pet turtle.
As
a graduate of Louisiana Tech University's Professional
Aviation
program, Liz began in 1981 as a flight instructor
in Lake Charles, LA. Later in New Iberia, LA, she instructed
and also flew as traffic watch pilot for Pelican Aviation
Corporation. In 1983 she moved to Jackson, MS where she
flew
Part 91 and 135 charters, 135 commuter, and cancelled check
runs for Flight Line, Inc. In 1985 she relocated to Birmingham,
AL where she flew briefly for Hangar One, Inc., as a 135
charter
pilot and co-pilot for BellSouth Corporation--her first real
taste of corporate aviation.
Later that same year, she
landed
a corporate flying position with Southern Company Services
of Atlanta, Georgia, and moved to PDK (Peachtree-Dekalb).
In 1989
Liz transferred from their Atlanta base to Gulfport, Mississippi,
and progressed from flying Beech King Air 200s to getting
her
first type rating in a Cessna Citation V. During this time
she discovered Women in Aviation International and worked
with other corporate aviation professionals to found WECAN,
Women Engaged in Corporate Aviation Network. Later renamed
WCA, Women in Corporate Aviation works to network, mentor
and promote careers in the business aviation world.
In
1997
Liz changed jobs to a smaller corporate operation flying
a King Air and Beechjet 400A for Mississippi Chemical Corporation.
That same year she was elected as President of WCA and
was
honored to represent her company in the NBAA sponsored "Business
Wings" exhibit in the National Air and Space Museum-a
highlight in her career. In November of 2000 Liz was awarded
the first Challenger 604 type rating scholarship given through
Women in Aviation International at the NBAA convention in
New Orleans, LA. Eight months later she was hired to fly
Challengers
and Learjets for FedEx Express Corporate Aviation in Memphis.
Liz
serves in The 99s as a Senior Navigator in the PPLI program
and is currently offering to serve as Vice-Chair
of the Ambassador
Chapter. Active in Women in Corporate Aviation, Liz currently
serves as a Director and Headquarters for WCA. She mentors
the newly formed Scholarship committee of the Memphis Belles
chapter of Women in Aviation. She is an active Roman Catholic
and has used her skills at building women's groups to form
her church's ladies group, assist in adult education workshops
and build her community.
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