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nocternalrandomness · 12 hours

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"Rebel"

#Military women #F-16 pilot #fighter pilot #Viper driver #female fighter pilot #aviation #airshow photos #Air Force #women in aviation #pilot #female pilot

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aviationgeek71 · 3 months

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RAF Veronica X a Dutch ferry pilot for the ATA 22nd, February, 1943.

#spitfire friday! 😎#avgeek #aviation #aviation history #ww2 #wwii #women in aviation

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mercurygray · 7 months

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Women in World War Two Aviation Reading List

As we gear up for Masters of the Air coming out in January, if I know fandom (and I like to think I do) someone is going to want to write some original female character fanfic after seeing this show. Friends, have I got you.

Please find here linked my Women in World War Two Aviation Reading List.

A few notes about this list:

It’s not exhaustive. There are many, many more books on any of these topics than the ones listed here, but this can serve as a starting point for your reading. Often, if you can find one of these at your local library or bookseller, you can also find some keywords or subject headings to find similar books.

This is a very (white) American-centric list. Experiences vary greatly from country to country, and on whether or not you’re a person of color.

I haven’t included any general World War Two histories, or any specific battle or theater histories. It’s easy enough to find those somewhere else.

You will notice I haven’t included any unit histories or Donald Miller's book, either. I'm assuming you know about that already. See #3.

I have read most, but not all, of the books on this list. Those I haven’t read were recommended to me by people whose taste and opinion I trust.

There are several great online resources linked on this list as well as books.

This is a fun period in history to be a woman in flight, and a lot of work has been done over the last ten or twenty years about the WASPs and the ATA. If you'd like your OFC to be a little more ground-bound and are looking for some additional inspiration, I also have a more general Women In World War Two reading list here.

Feel like I’m missing something? I take (kindly worded) suggestions.

Well, who died and made you a subject matter expert here? Absolutely no one. I've been in history fandoms for a long time, and it always really confused me when people got angry at other fans for not knowing the history, but also not sharing resources for where to find out more! Women's history is sometimes a hard topic to find books on, and I want to share what I have so people who are interested and excited can learn more!

#masters of the air #women in world war two #women in aviation #women in world war two aviation #reading list

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importantwomensbirthdays · 9 days

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Lee Ya-Ching

Actress and aviator Lee Ya-Ching was born in 1912 in Haifeng County, China. As a teenager, Lee was one of China's top silent film actresses and starred in eight movies. She later went to Europe to continue her education, and set her sights on aviation after seeing an airshow in Paris. Lee enrolled at the Ecole Aero Club de Suisse in Geneva, and in 1933, she became the first woman at that school to earn a pilot's license. After returning to her home country, Lee became the first woman to receive a pilot's license from the Chinese government, and completed a 30,000-mile air survey for the Chinese Army. After the Japanese invasion of China, she served her country by flying Red Cross planes with supplies from Hong Kong to Canton. Between 1938 and 1943, Lee flew across North and South American to raise money for Chinese war victims.

Lee Ya-Ching died in 1998 at the age of 85.

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#history #women's history #chinese history #china #asia #asian history #pilots #aviation #women in aviation #film #silent film

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thatsrightice · 4 months

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F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY #64

F-14 Tomcat pilot Dave “Hey Joe” Parsons stated once that Carrine “Sweaty” Cassidy (née Palm), one of the few female Naval aviators at the time, flew close to NINE HOURS without taking a leak. This is because the piddle packs used by the men didn’t work for the girls and she refused the alternative solution. “There was quite a knock-kneed jog from the jet's ladder to the lady's head,” Parsons described.

#SOURCE: Bye Bye Tomcat - a book of quotes directly from those who flew and maintained the F-14 Tomcat #f-14 tomcat #fffotd #f-14 fun fact of the day #top gun #women in aviation #female fighter pilots #aviation

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precious-little-scoundrel · 2 months

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some more cute stuff for that heroine of yours ✈️ 3 & 5 are my favs because yes, you can be feminine and save the world at the same time

i also adore the wasp cuties in 4

i thought instead of sending each one individually through messages, why not share with the class? show and tell xxx

The class thanks you, sweet Surae! Look at these babes!

#those who can #women in ww2 #women in aviation

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indynerdgirl · 8 months

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For all of my fellow Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick fans out there, this weekend is the 2023 NAS Oceana Air Show where they will be celebrating 50 Years of Women in Naval Aviation! ☺️🎉

You can watch it live, for free, via the LiveAirshowTV facebook page & YouTube channel.

Day 1 starts on Saturday, September 16th at 10:30am EDT and Day 2 starts on Sunday, September 17th at 11:00am EDT.

Performers include:

- The Blue Angels

- F-22 Raptor Demo Team

- F/A-18F Rino Demo Team

- US Navy EOD Jump Team

- US Navy Parachute Team - The Leap Frogs

- Aerobatic Pilots Melissa Burns, Rob Holland, and Bob Carlton

- Greg Koontz and the Alabama Boys

- Aaron Fitzgerald with Red Bull Aviation

- Mark "Mutha" Hubbard and the Corsair Legacy Flight

- Hot Streak II Jet Truck

- F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets Air Power Demonstration

- The Fleet Flyby

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aviationwarhistory · 1 year

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Kara Spears Hultgreen (Oct. 5 1965 - Oct. 25 1994)

The first female Naval Carrier based fighter pilot. She died just months after she was certified for combat, when she crashed her F-14 Tomcat into the sea on final approach to USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). A formal investigation found that the cause of the crash was primarily pilot error following an engine failure.

#women in history #women in aviation #link

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bookishlyvintage · 1 year

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cr: Stateless, Elizabeth Wein (out 03/14/23)

#currently reading #stateless #elizabeth wein #historical fiction #women in aviation #womens lit #women in history #cr #current read #booklr #bookblr #arc #fiction #books

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engines-as-art · 1 year

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I finally got the good weather window to run the O-320, and it did not disappoint. Little thing ran beautifully, broke in nicely, and no indications of metal particles or anything amiss during post run checks. I’m excited to deliver her back to her owners after such positive results so they can put her back to work in their Piper Cherokee.

#lycoming engine #aviation maintenance #engine rebuild #engine overhaul #piston engines #aircraft engines #mechanic #women in aviation

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livingmybestfictionallife · 2 years

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Y’all, my husband is a flight instructor so we went to an airplane event tonight. A woman named Ann Pellegrino was there,who in 1967 flew Amelia Earhart’s path around the world to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Earhart’s attempt.

She told me of her book she wrote (The Sky and I) where she details her experience learning to fly. She came up to me, asked how old I was, and then said “I was 24 when I started learning!” Then she told me about the book and said, “and it was written by a woman, so no excuse to not read it”. 😂 What an icon

My husband saw her walk past us and said “what a badass!!”

She’s in her 80s now and I’m not sure if she’s still flying, but what a life!

#Ann Pelegrino #flying #aircraft #pilot #pilots #aircraft pilots #amelia earhart #shit my husband says #womensupportingwomen #women in aviation

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nocternalrandomness · 8 months

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USAF Thunderbird #5 Lead Solo Pilot Major Michelle "Mace" Curran, 2019 - 2021 show season

#USAF Thunderbird #Michelle Curran #Mace #F-16 pilot #Female fighter pilot #Military women #Women in aviation #Lead Solo

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aviationgeek71 · 29 days

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Elsie Mackay, British actress, jockey, interior decorator, and pioneering aviator who died attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean with Walter G. R. Hinchliffe in a single engined Stinson Detroiter.

#avgeek #aviation #aviation history #women in aviation

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mercurygray · 5 months

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Being that it's December 7th, today is a good day to talk about one of the first people to witness the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - a civilian flight instructor who was taking a student on a practice flight. A Japanese pilot fired on the plane, and it was only the teacher's quick thinking that saved both of them from becoming casualties.

Her name was Cornelia Clark Fort, and she later went on to become a member of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, a precursor to the Women's Air Service Pilots. She died in 1943 during a flight accident. You can read about her here, here, and here.