Celebrating Women in Aviation

Harriet Quimby By Women FlyAmerica's first licensed woman pilot.Harriet Quimby was no wall flower! In 1910 she was thirty-five, a successful journalist, unmarried and fiercely independent. Harriet caught the flying bug while watching the Statue of Liberty Race in New York. She enrolled in a flying school owned by her friend's brother. To avoid public scrutiny and so that she could write about the experience in her magazine column, she disguised herself as a man and took her lessons at dawn. In...

Pistol Packin' Mamas by Women FlyItem Number: TS-WFPPM100% Cotton During WWII, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was formed to help with non-combat piloting missions. The selection process was rigorous and included personal interviews with Cochran or one of her representatives. Of the 25,000 applicants to the program, 1,830 were accepted and 1,074 graduated. The WASP, based out of Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, were a civilian unit charged with transporting military aircraft from...

Wally Funk T-ShirtItem # TS-WFWFWally Funk:Flight instructor, astronaut-qualified, aviation goodwill ambassador, motivational speaker, Wally has done it all, and remained indefatigable, loving and strong. Material100% cottonPrints on Gildan Ultra Cotton Ladies' T-Shirt

Women Fly Hurdler V-Neck T-shirt Item # TS-WFHURDLER Every now and then an image provides us with a brilliant life metaphor, a single moment captured, suspended in time, speaking simply yet profoundly of determination and the power of will. Bella Baby Rib V-Neck T-ShirtDesign prints on a 100% combed ringspun cottonThe womens T-Shirts tend to have a fitted cut. If you like a roomier T-Shirt consider ordering one size larger. ...