Girls and Aircraft - Volume II

[fubar57]

From Life magazine: Miss Missouri, Marjorie Critten, christening an F-84F Thunderstreak 1958

 

[Wayne Little]

oops I broke it....

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... Geo, give the girl a break ...

 

[michaelmaltby]

Or, if you prefer ...

 

[Wurger]

 

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[Old Wizard]

Wow, neat!

 

[Gnomey]

 

[Wayne Little]

Very cool stuff...

 

[johnbr]

03 Apr 44: 24 year old aviator Evelyn Sharp, one of the original Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) pilots, is killed in Pennsylvania in the crash of a twin engine P-38 Lightning. At the time of her death she was a squadron commander, only three flights from her fifth rating, the highest certificate then available to women.

 

[johnbr]

3 Jul 43: Ann Baumgartner Carl graduates from the Women Airforce Service Pilots

 

[johnbr]

01 Jun 41: Famous American aviator and test pilot, Mildred "Micky" Tuttle marries David Axton and takes her husband's last name. Mickey was one of the first three WASP (Women AirForce Service Pilots) to be trained as a test pilot and was the first woman to fly a B-29

 

[johnbr]

Trainees ready to FLY!

 

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Women Airforce Service Pilot WASP Betty Jane Bachman waving from the cockpit of a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.-

 

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