Good Things Happening as 2009 moves to 2010
The National Aviation Hall of Fame announced October 20 that I was the 2009 recipient of the Combs Gates Award for my work in telling the human side of aviation through my books about the WASP. Part of the award is that I will write one more piece of the WASP story — a book tentatively titled The WASP of the Ferry Command. It will tell the story of the 303 WASP who ferried airplanes for the Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Read more about the award here.
I SOLOED — Friday, November 13, 2009!
I’ve been flying a 1946 Aeronca Champ off a grass field at Stewart Aviation, Waynesville, Ohio — under the tutelage of Emerson Stewart III, grandson of the airport’s founder. Following Ground School at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, I passed my written and am now taking other aviation courses as well. I’m a Future Woman Pilot with the Ninety-Nines and looking forward to obtaining my Sport Pilot License in 2010.
See photos and a video clip of one of my landings here! More to come!
Heart of a Military Woman, an anthology, was published in November 2009, and I have a piece included — even though I am not, myself, a military woman. Instead, my piece is about two of the original WAFS — Nancy Batson Crews and Helen McGilvery. I very much appreciate being included in the anthology. Read an excerpt and find a link to the anthology's Web page and order form here.