New Auburn Airport Mural Honors Women Aviation Pioneers

Myron Curry’s artwork celebrates historic achievements of Joann Osterud and Kimberly Scott Ford.

Meg Godlewski

Friday, April 03, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET

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A mural to honor influential women aviators (Kimberly Scott Ford, left, and Joann Osterud) goes up at Auburn Municipal Airport near Seattle. [Credit: Meg Godlewski]

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Auburn Municipal Airport's latest mural by artist Myron Curry celebrates two pioneering local women aviators: Joann Osterud and Kimberly Scott Ford.
Joann Osterud was an airline pilot and aerobatic world record holder, while Kimberly Scott Ford was the first African American woman to fly the C-17 and the first Black woman pilot for Alaska Airlines.
The mural, featuring an image of a young girl, aims to inspire future aviators by highlighting diversity in aviation history.
This artwork is part of an ongoing mural project at the airport, which honors various local aviation heroes and historical moments, funded by private sponsors.

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The latest mural to be painted at Auburn Municipal Airport (S50) south of Seattle features two local women with tens of thousands of hours in the cockpit between them, including military flying, airlines, and competitive aerobatics.

The new mural, which features Joann Osterud and Kimberly Scott Ford, at the nontowered airport is the work of local artist Myron Curry, whose designs appear in several locations around Seattle, including several others at Auburn. Curry’s murals are located on the airside of the T-hangars—and they are simply larger than life.