This is the second segment of 10 Lessons of Perseverance from the Woman's Airforce Service Pilots, featuring Katherine Sharp Landdeck.
The brainchild of trailblazing pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gave women like Fort a chance to serve their country—and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad, and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran’s social experiment seemed to be a resounding success—until, with the tides of war turning, Congress clipped the women’s wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they’d forged never failed, and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were—and for their place in history.
Katherine Sharp Landdeck takes us through 10 lessons of perseverance we can learn from the WASPs.
Katherine is an associate professor of history at Texas Woman’s University, the home of the WASP archives. A Guggenheim Fellow at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where she earned her Ph.D., Landdeck has received numerous awards for her work on the WASP and has appeared as an expert on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS, and the History channel. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and HuffPost, as well as in numerous academic and aviation publications. Landdeck is a licensed pilot who flies whenever she can.We hope you enjoy our videos.
Don't forget to 'Like' the video, and 'Subscribe' to follow us.
The Ninety-Nines Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots: the 99s are women pilots who share, learn, and encourage each other. Whether in general aviation or pilot careers, the 99s offer scholarships, mentoring, job search, challenges, job loss, career development, leadership, and more.
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT to our videos, we like to hear from our viewers.
The brainchild of trailblazing pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gave women like Fort a chance to serve their country—and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad, and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran’s social experiment seemed to be a resounding success—until, with the tides of war turning, Congress clipped the women’s wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they’d forged never failed, and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were—and for their place in history.
Katherine Sharp Landdeck takes us through 10 lessons of perseverance we can learn from the WASPs.
Katherine is an associate professor of history at Texas Woman’s University, the home of the WASP archives. A Guggenheim Fellow at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where she earned her Ph.D., Landdeck has received numerous awards for her work on the WASP and has appeared as an expert on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS, and the History channel. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and HuffPost, as well as in numerous academic and aviation publications. Landdeck is a licensed pilot who flies whenever she can.
We hope you enjoy our videos.
Don't forget to 'Like' the video, and 'Subscribe' to follow us.
The Ninety-Nines Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots: the 99s are women pilots who share, learn, and encourage each other. Whether in general aviation or pilot careers, the 99s offer scholarships, mentoring, job search, challenges, job loss, career development, leadership, and more.
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT to our videos, we like to hear from our viewers.
The 99s International Member Council presents 'Overcoming Fears, Doubts, and Obstacles' with Kathi Durst'.
Kathi Durst attended the United States Air Force Academy the second year women were allowed to enroll, and went to Undergraduate Pilot Training the second year women were allowed to become Air Force pilots. Although she performed well enough to qualify for a fighter assignment, at that time women were not permitted to fly combat aircraft, so she was assigned as an Instructor Pilot (IP) in the supersonic T-38 Talon aircraft. After seven years, she left the Air Force and hired on with American Airlines, where she rose to the position of Chief Pilot at the largest airline domicile in the world.
We hope you enjoy our videos.
Don't forget to 'Like' the video, and 'Subscribe' to follow us.
The Ninety-Nines Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots: the 99s are women pilots who share, learn, and encourage each other. Whether in general aviation or pilot careers, the 99s offer scholarships, mentoring, job search, challenges, job loss, career development, leadership, and more.
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT to our videos, we like to hear from our viewers.
I hope these tips for preparing for a flight lesson help you out! Don't be late to your lesson...
Thank you for watching! As a non-profit we appreciate every bit of support! Like, subscribe, and follow for more content like this!
The 99s International Member Council presents 'Turbulence to Triumph' pilot, speaker & author Erika Armstrong (A Chick in the Cockpit) webinar series.
Part 2 of 4
We hope you enjoy our videos.
Don't forget to 'Like' the video, and 'Subscribe' to follow us.
The Ninety-Nines Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots: the 99s are women pilots who share, learn, and encourage each other. Whether in general aviation or pilot careers, the 99s offer scholarships, mentoring, job search, challenges, job loss, career development, leadership, and more.
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT to our videos, we like to hear from our viewers.
Hear some tips & tricks on having an inexperienced pilot land a plane, from founder #flyGIRL Kelley.
The 99s International Member Council presents 'Turbulence to Triumph' pilot, speaker & author Erika Armstrong (A Chick in the Cockpit) webinar series.
Part 3 of 4
We hope you enjoy our videos.
Don't forget to 'Like' the video, and 'Subscribe' to follow us.
The Ninety-Nines Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots: the 99s are women pilots who share, learn, and encourage each other. Whether in general aviation or pilot careers, the 99s offer scholarships, mentoring, job search, challenges, job loss, career development, leadership, and more.
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT to our videos, we like to hear from our viewers.
Thank you for watching! As a non-profit we appreciate every bit of support! Like, subscribe, and follow for more content like this!
What Can You Do After Getting A Private Pilot's License? PILOTS CAN FLY ANYWHERE! FLY YOUR PLANE! This video will show you tips to become a better pilot after you get your private pilot's license! What do you think? Do you have advice for new private pilots?
Thank you for watching! As a non-profit, we appreciate every bit of support! Like, subscribe, and follow for more content like this!
Some helpful tips in case you're thinking about/are starting flight training!
Thank you for watching! As a non-profit we appreciate every bit of support! Like, subscribe, and follow for more content like this!
© 2023 Ninety Nines. All rights reserved. | Site Map
Cathleen (Cathy) SteeleI have been an active CFI since 1998 and have accrued over 6000 of dual given. Previously I have been the Chief Flight Instructor at a Part 141 flight training school located at KBWI and also served as the Chief Flight Instructor at the first flight training academy in Nepal. Currently I am an independent Cirrus Instructor pilot with Platinum status.
Instructor Ratings: CFI, CFII
Location: Baltimore, MD, United States 
Contact InstructorTo: Cathleen Steele
Location: Baltimore, MD, United States