World War II made Uncle Sam let women fly military planes. Grit made women pilots endure ‘this man’s Army’ to become WASPs, flying routine Stateside runs in 1943-44. Ida Mae dared to  ‘pass for white’ so she could fly again, in memory of her father. While this book is fiction, the prejudices faced by “farm … Continue reading Flygirl, by Sherri L. Smith (book review) – flying for her country, despite prejudice