“‘THIS ROOM IS NOT FOR WOMEN’ – The entire ballroom of hundreds of aviators burst out laughing when a woman in a simple black dress quietly walked into the ‘Aviator of the Year’ ceremony at Fort Rucker The grand ballroom of the U.S. Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Alabama. Saturday night. Crystal chandeliers, squadron flags hanging perfectly straight, the smell of new leather shoes and expensive cologne. Hundreds of aviators, instructors, generals, laughing over champagne. Tonight is “Night o