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Search - I was a woman pilot in 1945: a memoir of a WASP trainee: A day to day account of the experiences of Winnie LoPinto as a WASP trainee at Avenger Field TX

I was a woman pilot in 1945 a memoir of a WASP trainee A day to day account of the experiences of Winnie LoPinto as a WASP trainee at Avenger Field TX
Author: Winnie LoPinto, Lidia LoPinto

A VIVID MEMOIR OF WINNIE LOPINTO's EXPERIENCES AT THE WASP!Winnie LoPinto wrote "Go Home Little Fifinella" as a young woman after returning from Texas in 1944 from her training as a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots). She had great dreams of becoming a pilot then and that is why she volunteered to serve at the risk of her own life with the WAS... more »P, just for the chance to fly.

Her biographical account of her experiences as a WASP trainee in Sweetwater Texas is full of the language and favor of the time. Her lively style allow us relive those times along with her. The exhilaration and the adventure of youth and the disappointments that follow. It has delighted thousands of visitors who originally downloaded it from her web site and brought tears to the eyes of those who knew her.

Winnie is a young woman with great dreams of becoming a pilot. She joins the WASP in hope of serving her country and do what she loved since she was a little girl, fly! Winnie was a slight woman, barely 100 pounds. Her legs didn't reach the brakes in certain models and she often loosened her seatbelt to try to slide down, at great risk of her life. In one occasion she nearly fell out, and in another her hands were so cold riding in an open cabin in 32 degree whether, they did not respond and she almost lost control. According to the instructors, that kind of whether would ground male pilots, but the WASP were tested to the absolute limit for reasons revealed in the book.

One of Winnie's friends from the WASP was browsing the web and found this book. She sent a wonderful letter where she clarified that at one point, women needed only 30 hours of flight time to join toward the end of the program! So that these gals had to make up 250 hours in only a few weeks! Trainees were working as hard as the graduates.

EFFECT ON WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND BACKLASH

We begin to understand, through this story, the profound effect the WASP program had on the women's right movement of the 70's and the backlash that followed. The experience as a WASP trainee changed Winnie's life for ever.Additional keywords to help users find this book using the Amazon search engine:Women fliers, woman flier, women flyers, woman flyer, aviatrix, women aviators, woman aviator, women pilots, woman pilot, women in World Ward II, Women's History, Memoirs of women in World War II, WASP, W.A.S.P. Women's Army Service Pilots, W-7. Avenger Field, Fifinella, Avengerets, Women in Aviation, History of Aviation, Women Test Pilots.

ISBN-13: 9781491283479
ISBN-10: 1491283475
Publication Date: 8/3/2013
Pages: 220
Edition: 4
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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Type: Paperback
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