Welcome to the Adventures in the Sky Podcast, sharing inspiring stories to empower you to be dreamers and doers—for the sky’s the limit.
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Come and enjoy the Adventure In The Sky Podcast - Episode 04 - A talk with Debbie Bain McCray, daughter of WASP Susie Winston Bain 44-W-4, as she shares stories about her mother who flew military planes to relieve male pilots needed on the battlefront during WW2.
In this episode, I have the chance to speak one-on-one with Lisa Taylor, Executive Director of the National WASP WWII Museum. First, a BIG thank you to Lisa for sharing many wonderful stories about the National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater, Texas. I hope you enjoy this podcast. Here are select highlights with timecodes for your easy reference: Story Highlights 03:24 – Planning an event at the museum 06:07 – Biggest Challenges As The Executive Director Of The National WASP WWII Museum 07:00 – Educational Tools 09:10 – How the museum acquired an AT-6 13:38 – What’s the one story about the WASP that you’ve encountered that has stuck with and inspired you? 24:16 – “That’s a lie. Women don’t fly for the military. You’re making this up. 30:34 – The WASP uniform 33:16 – Expansion – Second Hanger 38:16 – If you had a time machine… Happy Listening!
Welcome to the Adventures In The Sky Podcast! In this episode, I have the chance to speak one-on-one with John Marsh, whose mom is WASP Marie Barrette Marsh, class 43-7.First, a BIG thank you to my guest, John Marsh, for sharing many wonderful stories about his mom Marie and her WASP friends. My few favorite segments include the following: "But one of the stories they told was flying in as a pilot, you'd call the airports, 'Hey, I'm 10 miles north inbound. Request landing instructions.' Well, they did that in the B-17. After doing it once or twice, the tower came on the radio and said, 'Would you ladies get off the radio? We're trying to get a B-17 in.' It never occurred to them the ladies would be flying. "I think women make better pilots than men. I think they're more careful. When you're flying the airplane, you don't force this thing. You don't manhandle it…. You're gentle on the stick…." I hope you enjoy this podcast, and here are the highlights with timecodes for easy reference: Story Highlights2:26 – How mom developed an interest in flying and the planes she flew.8:58 – Scary moments 10:24 – Give me hard aerobatics! 10:58 – Still love to fly 11:40 – Mom was an impressive pilot 14:15 – WASPs were humble! 15:25 – Air Force in 1976 didn't know about previous female pilots 16:53 – How did being a WASP change mom's life 17:56 – A WASP could fly a plane but not drive a car?!? 18:41 – Best piece of advice mom gave 19:38 – Staying in contact with the WASP 21:45 – Three words to describe the WASP 22:22 – Marty Wyall's story 23:22 – Proving that the WASP could do this / Safety record / Women make better pilotsHappy listening!
Come and enjoy the Adventure In The Sky Podcast - Episode 03 - A talk with Tom Lucas, son of WASP Dorothy Lucas 44-W-7, as he shares stories about his Mother and some of her fellow Women Airforce Service Pilots -- WASP -- who flew military planes to relieve male pilots needed on the battlefront during WW2.