Betty Gillies WAFS Pilot officially launched on Oct 15, 2020. Watch the launch party, featuring some wonderful stories about Betty by members of her family.
From Sarah: I can’t believe it has been a week since we did this! To all my friends out there, PLEASE WATCH!!!
And THANK YOU for reading my blog!!!
1930s Flyer With 21stCentury Attitude Yours truly has introduced you to original WAFS Nancy Love, BJ Erickson, Teresa James and Dorothy Scott through books. How would you like to meet some more of them? Original WAFS Dorothy Fulton, for starters. No pilot expects the propeller to drop off an airplane. But that is how nineteen-year-old Dorothy Fulton…
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:…
On Wings of Gold Fog shrouds the wings; dawn, but a shard of light. Twin engines labor, eager to unbridle the horses. Toes, hard on brakes, check the trembling aircraft. From the tower, “Cleared for takeoff.” Brakes off. Throttle to the firewall. Spine thrust back against the seat. Rolling, rumbling, reaching, Wheels eat up runway….
Happy 104th Birthday WWII Vet Dr. Monica Agnew-Kinnaman Last Saturday (February 12), I met an amazing woman — a woman who proved to be very much akin to the WAFS and WASP of World War II, Dr. Monica Agnew-Kinnaman. She’s known to her friends as Nikki and, like the WAFS and WASP, she is a veteran…
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…
“Here’s another sneak preview for your enjoyment,” Sarah It Was Not Love at First Sight Bob Love was five-feet, eleven-inches with sandy red hair, a broad nose, and a wry sense of humor. He owned Inter City Aviation, a flight service out of East Boston. Bob had attended Princeton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,…
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