Fly Girls In the middle of World War I, women with flight experience were needed to fly in the military. All over the country young women postponed their weddings, put educations on hold, ad quit their jobs. For 1942 to 1944, more then 1000 women were trained to ferry aircraft, test planes, instruct mail pilots, and even tow targets for anti-aircraft practice. The show was about a remarkable group of farmer WASPS who recall the planes they flew, …
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…the European war ended male pilots began returning home form the war. Male civilian pilots then launched a campaign to claim the jobs held by WASPs. People all over wanted to go back to an America of work, of family, of friends, of home. It didn't include mom going of to fly military planes. In December, the WASP program was disbanded. It would be more than thirty years before women would fly again ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**