A beloved, mischievous female gremlin with a mission of morale! During the Second World War, Walt Disney Productions created over 1,200 unit insignia for all branches of the U.S. armed
Author of Lady Flyer: The Extraordinary True Story of WWII Aviator Nancy Harkness Love Following World War 1, a plethora of trained pilots returned to American soil. Jobs such as
To the layman it comes as something of a shock to think of women as test pilots at the controls of some of our speediest combat planes, putting through their
Alice Jean May Starr, more familiarly known as A.J. Starr, first became interested in aviation as a young child when Charles Lindbergh soloed across the Atlantic in 1927, as did
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Elise Raymonde Deroche was born in 1882 in Paris, France. As a child, her interest in sports began, and later, she developed a fondness for motorcycles, automobiles, and ballooning. As
On December 7, 1944, the Commanding General of the USAAF, Henry ‘Hap’ Arnold, addressed Class 44-W-10, the very last graduating class of WASP. During the course of his address General
On an extraordinary day in March of 2010, I stood before the steps of the U.S. Capitol, admiring the majestic beauty of its immediately familiar white dome rising over 285
In November 1942 the very first class of the WFTD (Women’s Flying Training Detachment) Class 43-W-1, arrived in Houston where they trained at Houston Municipal Airport (briefly called Howard Hughes
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