What IWASM Has Done for Me September 1, 2023, the International Women’s Air & Space Museum named me the 2023 recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award. The second woman on whom they have bestowed this honor, I follow in the footsteps of Caroline “Connie” Luhta, the recipient of IWASM’s first Lifetime Achievement Award – in…
HOW THE WASP WON THEIR MILITARIZATION From Sarah Byrn Rickman Here’s a little-known piece of WASP militarization history! Nancy Batson Crews – an original WAFS [the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron that preceded the WASP] – served 1972-1975 as President of The Order of Fifinella [1], the Post-War organization established by the WASP. During her time…
Open Cockpit Stearman — What a Ride! WAFS Reunion … Continued from last week’s blog Nancy in her Super Cub. My hostess, Nancy Batson Crews and I discussed Dr. Jim Pittman’s offer to take me up for a Stearman Flight. “You should do it,” she said. I sensed an importance to her that I do…
With My Friend, WAFS Nancy Batson Crews “Lake Country Estates,” the sign read. A pickup with the Stars and Bars emblazoned on the side went by going toward town. I knew I was in Alabama. I turned onto Stuart Drive. The house, as Nancy had described it, sat at a ninety-degree turn in the road….
If you didn’t see my first blog post, let me introduce myself. I’m Sarah Byrn Rickman, a veteran journalist turned author. I worked for The Detroit News before I had kids and then as the editor of two community papers after both boys were in school: The Anthony Wayne Standard (a small paper in suburban…
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