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Mar 9, 2010 · The plane's problem turned out to be a burned-out instrument. But 38 female pilots did lose their lives serving their country. One was 26-year-old Mabel Rawlinson from Kalamazoo, Mich. "I've ...
- Susan Stamberg
“whether a slip of a girl could fight the controls of a B-17 in heavy weather.” “Now in 1944, it is on the record that women can fly as well as men,” Arnold said. A few more than 1,100 young women, all civilian2volunteers, flew almost every type of military aircraft — including the B-26 and B-29 bombers3— as part of the WASP program ...
Aug 10, 2018 · More than 80 years after Amelia Earhart's mysterious disappearance, she continues to hold a place among the world's most famous women. What isn't as well known is that Earhart was part of a group of brave, high-achieving and largely forgotten female pilots--fly girls--who helped to set the course of aviation while setting records and shattering stereotypes.
Aug 7, 2019 · Her accomplishments and the mystery surrounding her death is a beacon for attention and speculation. Popular history has forgotten there were other women with their eyes turned to the clouds in the early days of aviation. Keith O’Brien’s Fly Girls takes aim to remind everyone there is more to aviation history than just the ill-fated Earhart.
Jul 4, 2016 · The fact that the WASP were forgotten by their own Air Force united the women. In the mid 70’s, the Navy announced to the media that, for the first time in history, women would be permitted to fly military planes. The announcement reverberated among the WASPs. You might say it kicked up a wasps nest. They lobbied Congress to be militarized.
MindBodyGreen "Fly Girls is an inspiring and insightful story of five courageous women who risked their lives and made a place for women in the male-dominated field of aviation. Keith O'Brien has shone a light on the forgotten struggle of women for equality as well as the little-known aspect of aviation history.
- Keith O'Brien
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Aug 7, 2018 · During the golden age of flight, they fought for the chance to race – and won. This is a thrilling story of courage, competition, skill, and triumph.” — Liza Mundy, author of Code Girls “America’s past is full of remarkable women who have been unjustly forgotten. Fly Girls gives its heroines their due at last. It is a thrilling and ...
