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In 1940, Boeing released the B-29 – a plane that would play a decisive role in bringing an end to the war in the Pacific.Â
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To demonstrate the safety of the B-29, Colonel Tibbets recruited women demo pilots.
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Tour the inside of the B-29.
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 A timeline of the Women's Airforce Service Piolts (WASP), 1937-1979.
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The triumphant former beautician won the cross-country race, completing the 2,042 miles from Los Angeles to Cleveland in record time.
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Love began flying as a teenager and would go on to become the director of the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron at the age of 28.
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Fort joins the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Service to fly planes from factories to military air bases, and tragically becomes the first American woman to die on active military duty.
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When she decided she wanted to learn to fly, Bessie Coleman traveled abroad to become the first African American female pilot.
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Record-breaking, risk-taking, long-distance flyer Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930.
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Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to become a licensed pilot, and went on to fly across the English Channel.
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Jackie Cochran and Nancy Harkness Love team up to create the first corps of female pilots to fly for the U.S. Army.
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In 1977, both the House and the Senate voted to grant the WASPs military status and to make the women pilots eligible for veterans benefits.
