Patricia Denkler landed a TA-4J Skyhawk on the deck of the USS Lexington on Sept. 25, 1981. History was made on the flight deck that day when she became the first female U.S. Navy aviator to ...

“This, right here, is Patricia Denkler. This is her. This is her the day when she landed the TA-4J,” Steve Banta said while pointing to the official U.S. Navy photograph taken the day Denkler ...