Hometown Pilot Betty Gillies’ Impressive Legacy BY KAREN BILLING, STAFF WRITER Rancho Santa Fe News, Rancho Santa Fe, California (Reprinted with permission) NOV. 10, 2020 4:56 AM PT The late Betty Gillies, a trailblazer in women’s aviation, is featured in the new young adult novel “Betty Gillies: WAFS Pilot”, a true story written by Sarah Byrn Rickman drawing on the…
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)….
My WASP Journey on Film, in Books March is Women’s History Month and that occasion has brought me a new friend and contact, Liz Booker. She wanted to do a filmed interview with me about my WASP books and hear about how I came to write my 10 WASP books … and counting. Last year…
First Nancy Love Biography Released by Audible Proud to announce that Nancy Love and the WASP Ferry Pilots of WWII is now available on Audible! Give it a listen! You’ll like it! The University of North Texas Press, my publisher, decided this year to offer my full biography of Nancy Harkness Love in audio. I am…
Listen to My Podcasts: Bravo 369 — Warplanes to Siberia, Episode 6 This week’s blog is going to be short, but sweet. In it I’m offering links to TWO PODCASTS that I did last month. The originator of these podcasts is the Bravo 369 Flight Foundation and the guys in charge have become friends of mine:…
Maricopa College Honors WASP Bev Beesemyer *** Names Women’s Flight Scholarship for Beesy *** The Beverly L. Beesemyer Endowed Scholarship for Women in Aviation is now a reality at Maricopa Community College, Phoenix AZ. Fritz and Derek Beesemyer have established this scholarship to honor their Aunt Bev and her fellow WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) of…
The First of a Series: Nadine Nagle, My WASP Friend © 2020, Sarah Byrn Rickman This is the first of a series of Blog Posts I plan to write about WASP have I met and had the pleasure of knowing personally. The first was Nadine Nagle. She and I would go on to travel together…
Totally Unprepared, We Were at War In early 1942, as America struggled to arm itself for World War II, the leaders of the Army Air Forces knew that air power — superiority in the air — was crucial to winning. Unfortunately, we didn’t have nearly enough planes with which to fight — nor enough pilots…
Nancy Batson — The PT-26 Trip to Calgary Colonel Tunner had four PT-26s — PT-19s with canopies — that needed to be delivered to the Canadian RAF near Calgary, Alberta, before Easter. It was now the Friday afternoon before Palm Sunday. Knowing the importance of the assignment, Colonel Baker chose his WASP squadron commander, Betty…
“How are ya, honey,” the gravely voice greets me through the screen. “Come on in. I just got back from Mass and the coffeepot’s on.” Shelves bulging with books bearing aviation titles line the narrow, enclosed porch. Stacks of magazines with glossy picturesof airplanes top every table. The house is abloom with flowers. Religious icons,…
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