The film includes never before seen WASP interviews, state-of-the-art graphics, aerial sequences and historic reenactments. Exhibition of the film takes place throughout the country in the Commemorative Air Force’s Rise Above Traveling Exhibit.
WASP
Honoring the WASPs
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) flew for the U.S. Army Airforce from September 1942 to December 1944. Some 1,102 women wore the silver wings flying over 70 million miles and delivering 12,650 airplanes across the country during their time of operation. Today, there are 25 WASP still living.
Honor the WASP
“We will not let COVID-19 stop us from honoring these incredible women who risked their lives to do their part for the war effort.”
Honoring the WASP
More than 100 WASP gravesites were decorated by Women in Aviation International (WAI) members and friends.
Honoring the WASPs
You don’t have to be a member of Women in Aviation to honor the WASP.
Filming begins on WASP documentary
Filming has begun on a new documentary about the WASPs.
#HonoringTheWASP this Memorial Day
Women in Aviation International will be #HonoringTheWASP over Memorial Day weekend 2018 by visiting their graves and leaving an appropriate decoration, such as flowers or other remembrances. Texas Woman’s University, the repository of the Women Airforce Service Pilots Archive, has provided WAI with a database of WASP gravesites which may be downloaded at WAI.org. Pilots and […]
Playing the Past
SEATTLE — Girl Scouts in grades 4-5 can earn a Playing the Past badge by participating in the Museum of Flight‘s Living History Experience program on Sept. 9. During the four-hour program, scouts will assume the character of a person who served as a World War II Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP). Each Scout will […]
WASP’s 100th birthday to be celebrated
The opening reception of Women in Aviation International’s 2017 annual conference will be turned into a 100th birthday party for WASP Dawn Seymour. Accompanied by her two daughters, Dawn will attend the 28th International Women in Aviation Conference March 2-4, 2017, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. As a Women Airforce […]