Beat THIS! ( for those over 100 years old with real Warbird experience)..

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[Steve L]

Saw a docco on this years ago and they claimed these Women only had a few hours with the flight manual to get familiar with the aircraft

 

and no other formal training on type, no matter how large the aircraft was. Absolutely amazing.

 

 

[tillmanr]

The WASPs were issued a handbook about A5 with about 3 pages on each of all of the possible aircraft that they could encounter from single to 4 engine. They transported aircraft to units which then did the final service before being allocated to theatre. They flew the aircraft with all sorts of unservicabilities too.We think we face difficulties.

 

 

[Yenn]

Not only did they fly with unservicabilities, but they were not allowed to use the auto pilot on Liberators and that made them very hard to fly.

 

 

[Soleair]

Well I'm blowed!

 

I knew both Don & Mary Ellis personally: my wife & I have even had dinner with them at their home in Sandown. A lovely couple.

 

I flew many hours with Don Ellis, mostly in the ARV Super2, but also in his BA Swallow. A source of great pride to me was when Mary Ellis complemented me on a deadstick landing from 1000' to a spot landing on a very short strip, back in 1981, in my highly modified Pterodactyl.

 

They surely were unsung heroines, those ATA girls.

 

Bruce

 

 

[Bernie Knight]

Real hero's - heroines