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posted by admin on Aug 24

Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II

One of the first women in the United States to train as a military pilot, the author was part of a little-known World War II experiment called the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) program, which gave young women the then unheard-of opportunity to fly military aircraft. Marion Hodgson tells an exuberant story of the time back in 1943 when she and other WASPs earned their hard-won wings. They learned to fly everything from open-cockpit primary trainers to P-51 Mustangs, B-26 Marauders, and B-2

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Arab Air Forces – Aircraft Specials series (6066)

Arab Air Forces Post WWII

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posted by admin on Apr 29

Flying Higher: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

The year was 1942 and a global war was raging. In the U.S., all military pilots were needed for combat duty, which left critical piloting jobs vacant across the land. Who would deliver the newly manufactured planes to their domestic bases? Who would train new flight crews and tow targets for anti-aircraft practice, test new planes and retest old ones? The answer was: women. These elite pilots were the WASPs. Civilians all, they earned their wings so that they could undertake hazardous, a

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