Val Baker, Air Force veteran and president of the Historic Saddle Club, feels she was born to work with horses.
AMANDA HOVSETH Feature Writer
Nspire Today!
MINATARE – When Val Baker of Minatare was a kid, she set a goal to be the first female command pilot of a space shuttle.
“I would have been close to reaching that goal had I not broken my leg. I was on the fast track to becoming a jet pilot, and there was a potential path from there,” said Baker. “But, as they say, close is only for horseshoes and hand grenades.”
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