It deals with that group of American women
who served their country in WW2 as aviators in the WASPS.
Some interesting things I learned:
>A female-aviator from the WASPS was one of the first
to fly America's first jetplane, at the Wright Airbase in Ohio in 1943.
>Col. Paul Tibbets used two WASP fliers to fly one of the
first B-29's to show the men that it was a "safe plane to fly". Oh, yes! He's still alive!
>As a touch of humor, Jaqueline Cochran's WASPS trained at
an airbase near Sweetwater, Texas.
When USAAF male fliers heard about it, there was a day
when upwards of 100 or so "incidents" of 'forced' & 'emergency' landings took place at the WASP airfield
one day in 1942....Think about it! Those men making 'emergency landings' at an airbase housing over 10,000 young
women and ladies.
Jacob
Interesting aviation-history topic on PBS last night.
