Come and enjoy the Adventure In The Sky Podcast - Episode 04 - A talk with Debbie Bain McCray, daughter of WASP Susie Winston Bain 44-W-4, as she shares stories about her mother who flew military planes to relieve male pilots needed on the battlefront during WW2.

In this episode, I have the chance to speak one-on-one with Lisa Taylor, Executive Director of the National WASP WWII Museum.

First, a BIG thank you to Lisa for sharing many wonderful stories about the National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater, Texas.

I hope you enjoy this podcast. Here are select highlights with timecodes for your easy reference:

Story Highlights

03:24 – Planning an event at the museum

06:07 – Biggest Challenges As The Executive Director Of The National WASP WWII Museum

07:00 – Educational Tools

09:10 – How the museum acquired an AT-6

13:38 – What’s the one story about the WASP that you’ve encountered that has stuck with and inspired you?

24:16 – “That’s a lie. Women don’t fly for the military. You’re making this up.

30:34 – The WASP uniform

33:16 – Expansion – Second Hanger

38:16 – If you had a time machine…

Happy Listening!

• "But one of the stories they told was flying in as a pilot, you'd call the airports, 'Hey, I'm 10 miles north inbound. Request landing instructions.' Well, they did that in the B-17. After doing it once or twice, the tower came on the radio and said, 'Would you ladies get off the radio? We're trying to get a B-17 in.' It never occurred to them the ladies would be flying.

• "I think women make better pilots than men. I think they're more careful. When you're flying the airplane, you don't force this thing. You don't manhandle it…. You're gentle on the stick…."

Come and enjoy the Adventure In The Sky Podcast - Episode 03 - A talk with Tom Lucas, son of WASP Dorothy Lucas 44-W-7, as he shares stories about his Mother and some of her fellow Women Airforce Service Pilots -- WASP -- who flew military planes to relieve male pilots needed on the battlefront during WW2.