FLY GIRLS (AMERICAN EXPERIENCE)

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Documentary, Special Interest
• Plot: American Experience - As Seen on Public Television; Fly Girls; The WWII Women's Airforce Service Pilots; ; At the height of WWII, more than a thousand women left their homes and jobs for the opportunity of a lifetime -- to become the first female pilots to fly for the United States military. Eager to prove themselves, they faced danger and discrimination, and 38 gave their lives for their country.; ; Drawing on archival footage, rarely seen home movies, and interviews with pilots themselves, this 'American Experience' production tells the fascinating story of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Led by America's most accomplished aviatrix, Jacqueline Cochran, the pioneering women logged more than 60 million miles, ferrying planes throughout the United States, test-piloting experimental aircraft, and training men to fly. Still the WASP fought a daily-- and sometimes deadly-- battle for respect.; ; The WASP's contribution to America's war effort was invaluable, yet mostly forgotten. In 'Fly Girls' the women of the WASP take wing once again, to tell their story of skill, determination and courage.
• Cast: Mary McDowell, Chuck Yeager, Robert Arnold, Deborah G. Douglas, Barbara Erickson London, Paul Tibbits, Dora Dougherty Strother, Madge Rutherford Minton, Ann Baumgartner Carl, Teresa James, Marty Martin Wyall, Laurel Ladevich, Bunny Alsup, Mitch Wilson, Kathleen Korth, Mark Adler, Michael Mc Donough
• Director: Laurel Ladevich
• Runtime: 0:56
• Company: Silverlining Productions
• Media Format: Series