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WASP Tales | Avenger Blog Post
The WASP & the Buzz on Drones…and a war worker named Norma Jean Dougherty
Click below to read more about the history of drones in WWII.
Written by Julia Lauria-Blum
WASP Tales | Avenger Blog Post
‘P’ is for Pursuit | The WASP who ferried the hottest fighters of the day
Click below to read more about the history of the ‘Pursuits’
Written by Julia Lauria-BlumTHIS DAY
IN HISTORY:
January 23
In 1943, Jackie Cochran announces the 1st class Flight training will be extended and divided into 3 phases including basic and advanced.
WASP Mary Belle 43-3 Ahlstrom is born in 1921 in La Crosse, WI
WASP Nancy L. Featherhoff Sendelbach 43-6 is born in 1921
WASP Sylvia B. Barter 43-7 is born in 1920 in Solvang, CA
WASP Anne M. Dailey Marshall 44-8 is born in 1923
WASP Viola Thompson Mason 43-4 is born in 1916
WASP Roberta Jane Fohl 44-9 is born in 1917
WASP in the Spotlight
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The Winter 2023 Newsletter is here!
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Jackie Cochran and the Need for Speed by Julia Lauria-Blum
Jackie Cochran climbed to 45,000 feet in a Canadair F-86 Sabre jet, leaving a contrail of ice crystals behind her path. Achieving the highest altitude necessary, she did a split
Remembering Marie & Shutsy by John Marsh
My mother, Marie Barrett Marsh, 43-W-7, was a distinguished member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. From an early age, I was proud of my mother and knew I would
How the WASP Won Their Militarization by Sarah Byrn Rickman
Here’s a little-known piece of WASP militarization history! Nancy Batson Crews – an original WAFS [the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron that preceded the WASP] – served 1972-1975 as President of The
The First Instrument Flight & the ‘Link’ to IFR – 1929 by Julia Lauria-Blum
On September 24, 1929, one of the greatest milestones in aviation took place at the Full Flight Laboratory at Mitchel Field on Long Island when Army Lt. James Doolittle made
My Friend, The Invincible Teresa James by Julia Lauria-Blum
Originally published March 2, 2020/Metropolitan Airport News On June 12, 2001, a JetBlue airliner touched down at JFK International and taxied to its gate after a two-and-a-half-hour flight north from
Celia Hunter’s Remarkable Legacy by Julia Lauria-Blum
In a black and white photo that I borrowed from Celia Hunter in 2001, four young women in crisp white shirts and dark slacks stand beneath the cowling of a
Devyn Shared The Sky by Margaret DiBenedetto, with Nancy Reynolds
A difficult constant of aviation is the prospect of mortality. A pilot knowingly takes the risk; it is part of the contract — not hidden in the fine print on
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