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- "ABOVE & BEYOND: 100 Years of Women In Aviation."
Discover the personal insights and public impacts of a century of
American heroines. Realize extraordinary feats of aviation including
Katherine Wright (sister of the famed Wright Brothers), WWII Airforce
Service Pilots, and Eileen Collins, the first female space shuttle
commander. Encounter the New Generation of highly talented women in
aviation. Explore military and civilian organizations, CAP and EAA, that
teach students to soar. Relive the heartfelt appeal for WASPs to be
honored with the same military funeral honors granted men, at Arlington
National Cemetery. Celebrate the thunderous outpouring of support for
WASPs, the historic Flag Day 2002 memorial service for WASP aviator
Irene Englund, and the celebration at The Women in Military Service for
America Memorial. [more info]
Women in Aviation 1: |
"General Hap Arnold knew that military success depended on air superiority. But the core of ready pilots was inadequate..."
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Women in Aviation 2: |
Avenger
Field, in Sweetwater, Texas. The training base where these women came
together as one group, the WASPs, Women Airforce Service Pilots...
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Women in Aviation 3: |
WASPs returned home.
In the darkest hour of our Nation's history they had responded to the
call to serve. It would take thirty-five years for the WASPs to gain the
status they so richly deserved...
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Women in Aviation 4: |
"We did everything
at our own expense. We flew without insurance. We had no medical
benefits. When we reported to Sweetwater it was at our own expense, and
if we washed out, it was our own expense to get back...
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Women in Aviation 5: |
Bessie Coleman. In 1921
she became the first African-American to earn a pilots license. Unable
to find a willing instructor in the United States, Bessie traveled to
France to learn to fly...
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Women in Aviation 6: |
There is a new
generation of women in aviation. These are the first women to return in
numbers to military aircraft some 30 years after the WASPs were
disbanded in the 1940s...
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Women in Aviation 7: |
Eileen Collins. In 1999,
she became the first woman to command the space shuttle. Eileen and
mission specialist Cady Coleman gave this interview from space...
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Women in Aviation 8: |
Nancy Lynn. An aerobatic
flight instructor. Nancy is training with renowned aerobatic coach
Sergei Boriaj for air show performance...
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Women in Aviation 9: |
Lieutenant Colonel Katie
Creveling. A C 141 pilot for the U.S. Air Force. She is currently on
temporary duty to the Pentagon...
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Women in Aviation 10: |
Trish Beckman. With 26
years of Navy flying experience, Trish now works as a flight test
navigator at Boeing...
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Women in Aviation 11: |
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Heide Bosworth, a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army along with co-pilot Margaret O'Connor fly the Black Hawk light transport helicopter.
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Women in Aviation 12: |
Carol Yocum. A United
Airlines 737 captain. Even with a demanding on the job schedule, her
love of flying extends to off-duty hours. In her spare time, Carol flies
a PT 17 Stearman...
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Women in Aviation 13: |
Mary McCutcheon, an
experienced pilot and professor of anthropology at George Mason
University. She is also an active volunteer for the Young Eagles, a
program developed by the Experimental Aircraft Association...
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Women in Aviation 14: |
CAP, the Civil Air
Patrol, was founded in December 1941, one week before the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor. An auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, CAP performs
three congressionally mandated missions...
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Women in Aviation 15: |
The Air Force Junior
ROTC takes students to the next level in the world of aviation. These
students have opportunities to serve in all branches of the military, in
all fields of aviation, with the most advanced planes, systems, and
equipment in the world...
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