The WASP & the Buzz on Drones…and a war worker named Norma Jean Dougherty
A big topic in the news these days is about the use of drones, otherwise known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). A drone is a small or medium aircraft without […]
WASP 2025 Homecoming And Fly In
On Friday and Saturday, tour the Museum and learn more about the WASP from our exhibits and special guest authors and speakers. Take a leap back in time with live […]
The Winter 2024 Newsletter is here!
Happy Holidays! Keep updated with the latest news, articles, and events at the WASP WWII Museum by reading our monthly newsletters. Subscribe to our mailing list to get exclusive WASP […]
Jolly Open House
Free Jolly Open House On December 7th, The Museum will be open to the public with no admission fee. Come out and enjoy hot chocolate & popcorn while touring the […]
‘P’ is for Pursuit | The WASP who ferried the hottest fighters of the day by Julia Lauria-Blum
From the early to the middle of the 20th century, the name ‘Pursuit’, or the letter ‘P’, was primarily used by the U.S. Army Air Service – later called the […]
Aline ‘Pat’ Rhonie | Pilot, Artist, WAFS Original by Julia Lauria-Blum
Aline ‘Pat’ Rhonie was a pioneering pilot who learned to fly in 1930 in Reno, Nevada and on Long Island at Roosevelt Field during the ‘Golden Age of Aviation’. By […]
Nancy Harkness Love: Fighting for Equality in the Skies by Heather B. Moore
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 […]
1943: The First Women Who Flew Naval Aircraft | Hellcats & TBM Avengers by Julia Lauria-Blum
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 […]
A.J. May Starr 43-W-4 | From the Women Flyers of America to the WASP by Julia Lauria-Blum
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 […]
The Summer 2024 Newsletter is here!
Happy Summer! Keep updated with the latest news, articles, and events at the WASP WWII Museum by reading our monthly newsletters. Subscribe to our mailing list to get exclusive WASP […]
