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DEBRIEF
A pilot's perspective
THERE WERE 1,102 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).
PROUDLY WEARING HER WINGS
Everywhere Bee Haydu goes, people thank her for serving her country. But it wasn’t always like this. For decades, Haydu and other women who served during World War II as part of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, were not properly recognized as veterans of military service. That changed in 1977, in part thanks to Haydu’s leadership. Haydu kept flying after the war, eventually giving it up in her late 70s after owning 18 airplanes.
BEE HAYDU
PLUS See photos of Bee in her WASP days.
NAME: Bernice “Bee” Haydu AGE: 90 OCCUPATION: Former Women Airforce Service Pilot HOURS: More than 3,500. EXTRA: Haydu’s book Letters Home 1944-1945 details her time as a WASP and her flying career after. You can find it at http://waspletters home.net
STARTED IN AVIATION… I didn’t go to college and I regretted that. One day I said stop feeling sorry for yourself. I took night courses, and one was in aviation. I took one lesson and I was hooked. ENTERING SERVICE… I was a secretary in a defense business, but I wanted to do more. So why not be doing what I like to do and do my civic duty? More than 25,000 women applied to be WASPs, only 1,800 or so were accepted, and only 1,074 passed the training. LIFE AFTER THE MILITARY… When they disbanded us it was, “Goodbye, girls. Thank you.” We had to pay our own way home. Afterwards I
couldn’t get a job. So I got my CFI certificate and flew on my own. I later got a Cessna dealership and started a flight school. CHALLENGING FLIGHT… My first solo in the AT-6. I was approaching the first landing spot and I saw smoke coming out of the exhaust. I was thinking that if it got worse I might have to jump. But I decided I didn’t want the inquiry. BEST AVIATION EXPERIENCE… Winning my wings. It was at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. My mother and sister witnessed it. ADVICE FOR STUDENTS… Stay with it. It’s a challenge but it’s so worthwhile when you pick up that certificate. Don’t let anyone talk you out of it.
CHRIS ROSE
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Flight Training - December 2011
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - December 2011
Flight Training - December 2011
Contents
President’s Perspective
Right Seat
Letters
We've Come a Long Way, Baby
How It Works
Success Story Tech Tip Legal Briefing
Since You Asked
AOPA Action Final Exam
Flight Lesson
Flying Carpet
Accident Report
Yaw Killer
Master Class
Technique
Jet Set
College Directory
Weather
Jet Intro
Career Advisor
Career Pilot News
Tech Talk
Two Times the Fun
The Sanctity of the Lesson
Three Little Words
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - December 2011 - Flight Training - December 2011
Flight Training - December 2011 - Cover2
Flight Training - December 2011 - Contents
Flight Training - December 2011 - 2
Flight Training - December 2011 - 3
Flight Training - December 2011 - President’s Perspective
Flight Training - December 2011 - 5
Flight Training - December 2011 - Right Seat
Flight Training - December 2011 - 7
Flight Training - December 2011 - Letters
Flight Training - December 2011 - 9
Flight Training - December 2011 - We've Come a Long Way, Baby
Flight Training - December 2011 - 11
Flight Training - December 2011 - How It Works
Flight Training - December 2011 - Success Story Tech Tip Legal Briefing
Flight Training - December 2011 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - December 2011 - 15
Flight Training - December 2011 - AOPA Action Final Exam
Flight Training - December 2011 - 17
Flight Training - December 2011 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - December 2011 - 19
Flight Training - December 2011 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - December 2011 - 21
Flight Training - December 2011 - Accident Report
Flight Training - December 2011 - 23
Flight Training - December 2011 - Yaw Killer
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Flight Training - December 2011 - 29
Flight Training - December 2011 - Master Class
Flight Training - December 2011 - 31
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Flight Training - December 2011 - 33
Flight Training - December 2011 - Technique
Flight Training - December 2011 - 35
Flight Training - December 2011 - Jet Set
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Flight Training - December 2011 - 40
Flight Training - December 2011 - College Directory
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Flight Training - December 2011 - Weather
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Flight Training - December 2011 - 50
Flight Training - December 2011 - Jet Intro
Flight Training - December 2011 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - December 2011 - Career Pilot News
Flight Training - December 2011 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - December 2011 - Two Times the Fun
Flight Training - December 2011 - The Sanctity of the Lesson
Flight Training - December 2011 - Three Little Words
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Flight Training - December 2011 - 59
Flight Training - December 2011 - Advertiser Index
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Flight Training - December 2011 - Debrief
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