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A Wasp Among Eagles: A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II
by Carl, Ann B
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 1560988428
- ISBN 13
- 9781560988427
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. x, 132 p. Illustrations. References. Index. Interesting account of the service life of Ann Baumgartner, who initially joined the WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) as a ferry pilot in America during WW2. In 1944, she was assigned to the Fighter Flight Test Branch at Wright Field, where she made history as the only woman to test-fly experimental planes during the war. She was also the first woman to pilot a jet aircraft-the Bell YP-59A.
Synopsis
ANN B. CARL was the first American woman to fly a United States Army Air Forces jet aircraft.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58406
- Title
- A Wasp Among Eagles: A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II
- Author
- Carl, Ann B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 1560988428
- ISBN 13
- 9781560988427
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Test Pilot, Wright Firld, Bell YP-59A, Feminism, Gender Studies, Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASP, Ann Baumgartner, In-air Refueling, Pressurized cockpit, Turbojet, Jacqueline Cochran, Helldiver, Gustav Lundquist, Bell Aircraft, Borsodi, Betty Gre
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