A Wasp Among Eagles is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Ann Carl in 2013-06-04, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the History genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging History book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, A Wasp Among Eagles can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
A Wasp Among Eagles Book PDF Summary
Before World War II most Americans did not believe that the average woman could fly professionally, but during the war more than a thousand women pilots proved them wrong. These were the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), who served as military flyers on the home front. In March 1944 one of them, Ann Baumgartner, was assigned to the Fighter Flight Test Branch at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. There she would make history as the only woman to test-fly experimental planes during the war and the first woman to fly a jet. A WASP among Eagles is the first-person story of how Baumgartner learned to fly, trained as a WASP, and became one of the earliest jet-age pioneers. Flying such planes as the Curtiss A-25 Helldiver, the Lockheed P-38, and the B-29 Superfortress, she was the first woman to participate in a host of experiments, including in-air refueling and flying the first fighter equipped with a pressurized cockpit. But in evaluating the long-awaited turbojet-powered Bell YP-59A, she set a “first” record that would remain unchallenged for ten years.
Detail Book of A Wasp Among Eagles PDF
- Author : Ann Carl
- Release : 04 June 2013
- Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
- ISBN : 9781588343413
- Genre : History
- Total Page : 161 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 20,6 Mb
If you're still pondering over how to secure a PDF or EPUB version of the book A Wasp Among Eagles by Ann Carl, don't worry! All you have to do is click the 'Get Book' buttons below to kick off your Download or Read Online journey. Just a friendly reminder: we don't upload or host the files ourselves.