Afton J. Brown, USAF – Panel Moderator
ABOUT Professional pilot and aviation mentor. First Officer for Fedex Express and Instructor Pilot in the United States Air Force. Over 13 years’ experience with 4,000 hours instructing and operating […]
Lt Col Olga Custodio, USAF (Ret) – Panel Moderator
ABOUT Olga E. Custodio is a Retired Captain from American Airlines with over 11,000 hours of flight time has flown the Boeing 727, Fokker 100, Boeing 757, and Boeing 767 […]
Eileen Bjorkman – Author & Speaker
ABOUT Eileen loves all things aviation, with a particular passion for military and homebuilt aircraft. She is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel with 700+ hours of flying time as […]
Colonel Marcelyn Atwood, USAF (Ret) – Panel Moderator
ABOUT Colonel Atwood is the daughter of a retired Oregon National Guard pilot and a retired educator. She holds two bachelor’s degrees (Music Education and Computer Information Management) and two […]
Women Military Aviators (WMA) – Panel
PANEL DETAILS Saturday, April 27, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Moderator: Colonel Marcelyn Atwood, USAF (Ret) (Navigator serving from 1980-2005) Slides w/Panel Discussion “WASP Legacy: Modern Women Military Aviators!” […]
Erin Miller – Author & Speaker
Erin Miller is the proud granddaughter of Elaine Danforth Harmon, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during WWII. Her grandmother’s last request was to be laid to […]
Dr. Katherine Sharp Landdeck, Ph.D. – Panel Moderator & Author
Author, Associate Professor at Texas Woman’s University, WASP Historian ABOUT Katherine Sharp Landdeck earned her doctorate from the University of Tennessee and is a professor of history at TWU. She teaches […]
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 […]
Taking Flight | The Nadine Ramsey Story by Julia Lauria-Blum
Through skill, competence, experience, and fortitude, women have played a pivotal role in aviation, from its dawn to the present day. From travel in lighter-than-air balloons to powered aircraft; from […]
The WASP: In Observation of Memorial Day by Sarah Byrn Rickman
35 WASP and 3 WAFS Died in WWII Thirty-eight WASP perished performing their patriotic calling — flying for their country in World War II. All were young women, age 20 […]
