1959 Press Photo Sister Mary Aquinas waves from airplane that she will fly.

Green Bay Wisconsin: The flying nun from Green Bay, Sister Mary Aquinas, sat in the cockpit of an airplane Saturday before leaving for San Francisco where she will attend a two week science program at the University of San Francisco. The nun will also take an indoctrination course at Hamilton air force base prior to flying in a supersonic aircraft. She hopes to break the sound barrier on one of the flights.

Photo is dated 1959.

Photo measures 9 x 6 inches.