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Taking flight : the Nadine Ramsey story / Raquel Ramsey & Tricia Aurand ; foreword by Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ramsey, Raquel, author.
- Aurand, Tricia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Air pilots, Military--United States--Biography.
- Air pilots, Military.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
- Women veterans--California--Long Beach--Biography.
- Women veterans.
- Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Women air pilots.
- Secretaries--California--Long Beach--Biography.
- Secretaries.
- Wichita (Kan.)--Biography.
- Wichita (Kan.).
- El Dorado (Kan.)--Biography.
- El Dorado (Kan.).
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--Biography.
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.).
- Ramsey, Nadine, 1911-1987.
- Ramsey, Nadine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 288 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This is the first biography of Nadine Ramsey, a stunt and racing pilot who served as one of 1,102 Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. The WASP flew domestic flights for the military, freeing up male pilots to enter the European and Pacific theatres of war. Nadine was one of only 303 women who ferried military aircraft. She was also the first Kansas woman to obtain a Civil Aeronautics Authority private flying license, and the first woman pilot to own her own fighter plane. The manuscript follows Nadine from her family's rural Illinois roots to Wichita, where she grew up and began her flying career. Flight would take Nadine to California, where she joined the Civil Air Patrol and later the WASP. After the war, while she retained her ties to aviation, earlier injuries prematurely forced her to stop flying, and she passed away before the federal government fully recognized the WASP's service. Nadine's story is exceptional, but it also reveals intimate details of women's early service in the military, and the trauma and lack of recognition faced by female veterans"-- Provided by publisher. berniece
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Part I. Strong Roots
- Chapter 1. Farmers and Oilmen
- Chapter 2. A Family of Three in Wichita
- Part II. Earning Her Wings
- Chapter 3. At Home in the Sky
- Chapter 4. At War
- Part III. In Flight
- Chapter 5. A Bunch of Gals
- Chapter 6. Avenger Field
- Chapter 7. Becoming a WASP
- Part IV. WASP at War
- Chapter 8. Ferry Pilot
- Chapter 9. In Pursuit
- Part V. Lucky
- Chapter 10. On the Wing
- Chapter 11. Her Own P-38
- Part VI. Restless
- Chapter 12. Searching for Home
- Chapter 13. A Decade of Change
- Part VII. Recognition
- Chapter 14. New Directions
- Chapter 15. Settling In
- Part VIII. Legacy
- Chapter 16. A Look to the Future
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Authors
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700629800
- 0700629807
- OCLC:
- 1378936193
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