Brooke Knapp graduated from Winter Haven (Florida) High School in 1958 under her real name of Nancy Brooke. When she married Charlie Knapp, she was a white-knuckle flyer before he gave her flying lessons.

Nancy Brooke Knapp is an American

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 aviatrix, entrepreneur and Realtor, best known for setting or breaking more than 100 world aviation speed records including the fastest speed around the world in a civilian jet aircraft in a Gulfstream III. Her 1984

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 Flight for World's Children flew through the People's Republic of China

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 and the Soviet Union

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 delivering letters of peace and friendship from children in the United States to children around the world and raised almost $1 million for UNICEF. For this accomplishment, she received the Federal Aviation Award for Extraordinary Service, the Paul Tissandier Diploma from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

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  and the 1984 Harmon Trophy

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Knapp is currently a licensed Realtor with Sotheby's International Realty.

She served on the Board of Directors of MyJets, Inc. http://www.myjets.net. Previously, she founded and operated her own company, Jet Airways, Inc.

Knapp graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of California, Los Angeles

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and received the 2008 Los Angeles Business Journal Community Service Award.