American Women and Flight since 1940

Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning, but until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. "e;It is on the record thatwomen can fly as well as men,"e; stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of...