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Originally Posted by GT182

I won't be the same without Spock.

Life is for the living! Spock had his resurrection, Now: what about the Orion Slave Girls (alas Susan Oliver is also no longer with us!)
Her offscreen accomplishments were not inconsiderable: Overcoming an almost crippling fear of flying (caused in 1959 when the Boeing 707 she was aboard plunged 30,000 feet towards the Atlantic before leveling out just in time), Ms. Oliver quickly became obsessed with flying single-engine planes in 1964. Earning far more than the standard amateur flight certifications, she eventually set out to become the first woman to fly a single-engine plane from New York to Moscow in 1967. The dangerous journey became even more so due to numerous delays with the plane and with Soviet officials, leading her to embark in early-winter conditions. Despite successfully making the most dangerous legs of the journey (from Canada, through Greenland and Iceland, and on to Scotland), she was stopped in Copenhagen when the Soviets decided not to allow her to fly the final leg to Moscow. The U.S. press dubbed her journey "The Flight That Failed," trivializing what should have been recognized as a major achievement (during which Ms. Oliver set five world records). Her love of flying continued despite this lack of acknowledgement, and in 1968 Bill Lear invited her to become the first woman ever flight trained for his new Lear Jet (an offer she gladly accepted).