More than 1,000 women who had bravely volunteered to serve their country were about to be out of jobs. The disbandment of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was coming in less than a month in December 1944. Katherine “Kay” Applegate...
Hey guys! What's up! Jon here from Fly8ma.com and today we're gonna be talking about what you can do after you get your private pilot's license. So once you get a pilot's license, or even as a student pilot, you want...
During the early days of space exploration in the height of the Cold War era, an idea was floated to put an American woman in space. The idea resulted in the famous “Mercury 13,” led by Jerrie Cobb and formed in...
It was like “wrestling a cobra in a hurricane,” Helen Richey said. After nearly 10 days in the skies over Miami in December 1933, Richey, alongside fellow aviatrix Frances Marsalis, set the women’s in-flight fueling endurance record of 237 hours and...
It can be a challenge to find a watch designed for female aviators specifically. Aviation watches can be large for female wrists and aesthetically unappealing for women’s sensibilities. Abingdon Co. was founded by Abingdon Mullin to help fill this market niche...
