“Thank You” IWASM and My Mentor Joan Hrubec IWASM, the International Women’s Air & Space Museum, is hosting the launch of my newest book—Teresa James’s biography—October 20 at 7 pm Eastern Time, 5 pm Mountain Time. Join me and many of my friends and fellow advocates of the amazing women pilots who flew for our…
Teresa James WAFS Pilot Gear Up/Gear Down—a P-47 to Newark Book Launch October 20, Presented by IWASM the International Women’s Air & Space Museum When it comes to flying, Teresa James was one of the best. She mastered 26½ tail spins followed by a series of loop-ti-loops in a vintage Travel Air OX-5 to become a…
IWASM Invites YOU: Film & Program Via ZOOM You are invited to join me — via ZOOM — Wednesday, July 7, at 7 Eastern, 6 Central, 5 Mountain, and 4 Pacific Daylight Time for a showing of my documentary film, Six WAFS Up Close and Personal, courtesy the International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM)….
99s Museum of Women Pilots Celebrates Bessie’s 100th Anniversary When Bessie Coleman earned her pilot’s license on June 15, 1921 — 100 years ago — she was the first Black individual, man or women, to do so. Bessie Coleman wanted to fly, to feel the wind in her hair and on her face. She wanted…
See You in the Morning (Feb 27) at 11 A.M. Central Time! Tomorrow morning, February 27, fans of the Mercury 13 will meet, VIRTUALLY, to celebrate their 60th anniversary! — 11 am to 1 pm Central Time. Those in the other three time zones need to adjust accordingly. The celebration is courtesy of the Ninety-Nines…
“Let’s Go to Space Camp,” Wally said Wally Funk was my flight instructor. I had been taking flying lessons from her for a month. The year was 1991. I met Wally at Women in Aviation (WAI) in St. Louis in early March that year. Joan Hrubec, administrator of the International Women’s Air and Space Museum…
IWASM: Centerville OH ’86-’98; Cleveland OH ’98 to Present “When did you first become connected with IWASM?” Heather Alexander, IWASM administrator asked me a few days ago. IWASM stands for International Women’s Air and Space Museum. “It was 1986,” I told her. The museum had just opened in Centerville, Ohio, three blocks from my home. I…
Meeting Nancy Batson Crews Changed My Life Nancy Batson Crews, WAFS pilot in World War II, and I met January 12, 1992. WASP Nadine Nagle and I picked her up at the Dayton Airport that evening. That meeting changed my life. In January 1990, I went to work as a communications consultant for the International…
American Aviation Has Lost a Giant Emily Hanrahan Howell Warner — born in Denver, Colorado, October 30, 1939 — made history. The first female pilot hired by a major U.S. scheduled airline, Emily took her final flight west on July 3, 2020. Bea Khan Wilhite, former president of the Colorado Aviation Historical Society and Emily’s…
A Tribute to Bessie Coleman for Black History Month Black History Month, February 2008, my daughter-in-law asked me to suggest a notable African American woman on whom my granddaughter, Katie, might do a report for her kindergarten class. (Bessie Coleman’s photo courtesy the Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots, Oklahoma City) I didn’t have to think…
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