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Well as for the A-10 she is a lady named Joan who lives in NY and she is still alive and well and watching the A-10 on CNN! Here’s an email received by the A-10 SPD last week which he passed along to me...

Col. (SPD):

No doubt, you’re familiar with “Bitchin Betty”, the female voice incorporated in the A-10 LASTE computer. The voice is my wife’s voice and her real name is Joan.

She was hired by a production house in Binghamton, NY on behalf of GE Flight Control Systems, in the late 80s to record the sound clips you now hear as Bitchin Betty. We’ve always been proud to know that her voice has kept at lease a few A-10 drivers out of harm’s way.

Is that system still current on the A-10 fleet? We’ve been watching the latest from Iraq with pride and curiosity, but would like to confirm that Bitchin Betty is still up there with the pilots.

Can you confirm if “Bitchin Betty” is still alive and well?

we are grateful for your time and service.

Best regards,

Mark #####


I confermed this with Lockheed Martin. I also withheld her last name for reasons I’m sure you understand, but if anyone has any questions for her I would be happy to pass them along. I know this may be useless knowledge but as most of you know I love stuff like this!

BTW we answered and told Mark "Betty" is still alive and well!

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Edited by - Dice on Apr 17 2003 4:16 PM

That's awesome! I've never stopped to think that a real person recorded those sound bites at some point.

On a side note, in the T-1 we have Bitchin' Bob, same thing but a male voice. I don't know why they didn't bother to fix it, but one bite "Don't Sink!" has a bit of a lisp. So when you correct a too high glide path, all of a sudden you hear "Don't Think! Don't Think!" Fortunately, I've only heard it in the sim.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

"See that green switch? Flip it down."

THEY ACTUALLY HAD HER ON FOX NEWS SOMETIME SINCE DEC.02.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE DIDNT HAVE THAT CHANNEL UNTIL WE MOVED HERE.

I DIDNT KNOW IT WAS A REAL VOICE UNTIL THEN EITHER.IT WAS A PRETTY NEAT INTERVIEW.
THEY ASKED HOW IT FELT SOMETIMES KNOWNING HER VOICE WAS THE LAST ONE SOME OF THESE PILOTS HEAR.
SHE REPLIED" SHE HOPES IT GIVES THEM ONE LAST THOUGHT OF PEACE AND COMFORT" ALONG THAT LINE.
SEEMS LIKE A NICE LADY

PRESS TO TEST

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