Career
Stearns is also noted for the most total parachute jumps made by a woman— nearly 20,000 jumps as of May 2014--as well as the most parachute jumps made in a 24-hour period by a woman—352 jumps from November 8–9, 1995. More recently, Stearns had been involved in a project--StratoQuest--which endeavored to break Joseph Kittinger"s long-standing record for the highest altitude parachute jump ever, with a jump from at least 110,000 feet. Stearns made her first jump in 1971 at the age of 17 and is currently a pilot for United States Airways.
She served two 3-year tours with them.
