by General Aviation News Staff | May 11, 2022 | Aviation News, General Aviation, News, WASP, women in aviation
Women in Aviation International (WAI) members and friends will honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) by visiting their graves and leaving a decoration in the form of flowers or other remembrances during the month of May. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 29, 2021 | 20211007, aviation museums, Aviation News, Books, Briefings, General Aviation, News, WASP
The book launch will introduce Sarah Byrn Rickman’s latest book about Teresa James, a pilot in the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, which would later be known as the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 30, 2021 | 20210722, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Aviation News, Briefings, Commemorative Air Force, General Aviation, News, WASP
The film includes never before seen WASP interviews, state-of-the-art graphics, aerial sequences and historic reenactments. Exhibition of the film takes place throughout the country in the Commemorative Air Force’s Rise Above Traveling Exhibit. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | May 21, 2021 | Aviation News, General Aviation, News, WASP, women in aviation
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) flew for the U.S. Army Airforce from September 1942 to December 1944. Some 1,102 women wore the silver wings flying over 70 million miles and delivering 12,650 airplanes across the country during their time of operation. Today,...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Honoring The Past, Warbirds, WASP
We salute two Women Airforce Service Pilots, Florence “Shutsy” Reynolds and Marty Wyall, as they go back in time on the Commemorative Air Force’s FIFI during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016. The female pilots of the WASP flew military aircraft in World War II and helped...
by Hal Bryan | Mar 20, 2021 | air racing, astronaut, aviation history, History, Honoring The Past, WASP
Jackie Cochran is best known for helping found the Womens Airforce Service Pilots, but her aviation career was full of fascinating and remarkable milestones. Link To...
