Candi Kubeck

Candalyn Kubeck (May 10 1961–May 11 1996) was the Captain of ValuJet Flight 592 which crashed in the Everglades. She was the first female captain to die while on duty. [ [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FAMILY+MOURNS+PILOT+:+SOUTHLAND+WOMAN+TURNED+DREAM+INTO+HIGH-FLYING...-a083963142 Family Mourns Pilot : Southland Woman Turned Dream Into High-Flying Career. - Free Online Library ] ]

Candalyn Chamberlain was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on May 10 1961. She grew up in the San Diego area and started flying lessons while in high school. Kubeck went to Palomar College in San Marcos where she was a member of the flight team. Kubeck transferred to Metro State College in Denver, Colorado, where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Aviation Studies. While at Metro she flew on the college flight team, and was named "Top Woman Pilot" at the "National Intercollegiate Flying Association"'s national meeting in 1981. The award has since been named after her. [ [http://www.nifa.us/SAFECON_2006_Results.htm NIFA SAFECON 2006 Official Results ] ] She also earned the Amelia Earhart scholarship and got to meet Amelia's sister, Muriel.

She married Roger Kubeck, on the Queen Mary located in Long Beach, California.

Kubeck had many jobs in aviation: Flight instructor, air traffic control specialist, freight pilot, commuter airline captain, Eastern Air Lines as a scab worker pilot [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141372,00.html] and finally captain for ValuJet Airlines.

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