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A SUNNY DAY IN LONDON TOWN
We’re Off to See the War Rooms and The Changing of the Guard August 28, 2022, London, England: A full day for the Rickman Five: the Tube into downtown London deposited us near Buckingham Palace, a popular place at 11 a.m. that morning. We were there to witness the Changing of the Guard – we…
A REVIEW OF BETTY GILLIES WAFS PILOT
Betty Gillies WAFS Pilot The Days and Flights of a WWII Squadron Leader From Aimee Luna, Story Circle Network Imagine, if you will, what it must have been like to be one of the first women pilots flying for the United States military in the World War II era. In Betty Gillies, WAFS Pilot: The Days…
Emily Warner, Pioneer Woman Airline Pilot, Flies West
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…
January 20, 2021 vs January 6, 2021 — Contrast in Democracy
In the Wake of Violence, Order January 20, 2021 — Washington D.C., The United States of America It’s Inauguration Evening, January 20, 2021. Why am I not exhausted from spending the entire day in front of the television screen? Why? Because today has been America’s best day in months, years, possibly a decade or two….
Betty Gillies WAFS Pilot — Coming October 15
Betty Gillies WAFS Pilot The Days and Flights of a World War II Squadron Leader By Sarah Byrn Rickman, from Flight to Destiny Press Release date: October 15, 2020 The sun creased the horizon. Suspended in the bubble-enclosed cockpit of the twin-engine, twin-tailed P-38 Lightning, the pilot pressed her toes hard against the brakes. The…
Amelia, the WASP, and Me
At 13, I discovered Amelia Earhart. I fell in love with airplanes and the whole idea of women in flight. That day, I began a journey that, 51 years later, led to publication of my first book — The Originals. Our ninth grade English textbook contained biographies of famous Americans. Amelia was the lone woman…