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‘Spitfires’ author recounts little-known story of World War II’s American women pilots
Carlsbad’s Nancy Stratford, now 106, is the last survivor of the 25 American women pilots who served in the Royal Air Force’s ...
She was the first woman to fly as an Air Force Thunderbird. Then she got mysteriously sick.
An Air Force Thunderbird pilot thought she would retire as a general but a tick-borne illness left her unable to fly.
Carlsbad pilot is sole U.S. survivor of WWII women’s flying auxiliary
When author Becky Aikman decided in 2019 to write a book about the 25 American female pilots who flew planes for the Royal Air Force during World War II, she discovered that all but one of the women ...
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Las Vegas pilot dedicates a recent win to her 'Spitfire' aunt
In June, a Las Vegas pilot named Lauren Nicholson Scott and her copilot Rebecca Carroll won an all-women's, long-distance competition called the Air Race Classic. Scott dedicated her win to her aunt, ...