Meet Barry Smith (wasp) WWII "first" Female Pilot
Today I meet Barry Smith... and I was amazed. Barry Smith (wasp) WWII Female Pilot Age 91, and still full of vigor and life. She was here at my school to speak to the children [ our new generation ] about her life, her accomplishments, about being one of the only three hundred surviving First WWII American woman [ female] pilots of an original group of only a little more than 1,000. She told the students of her struggle to work her way into the interview process of "first women Air Force pilots" and the interesting antics of being a woman pilot in a "man" only world. Being only elementary students only the adults seemed to understand that part of her speak. She explained how she tested airplanes to insure they were safe for our "men" in the war to fly safely in combat overseas. She told us about how When her brother told her to try out to be an Air Force pilot, how she had to accrue 35 hours of fly time just to get into the interview. How no o...
