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PRESS RELEASE
LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM TO PAY TRIBUTE TO WASP'S
GALVESTON - The Lone Star Flight Museum, home of the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, will honor
women in aviation at the 8th Annual Spirit of Flight Air Show & WalkAbout, April 25 & 26, 1998.
It is an honor for the Flight Museum to have the opportunity to pay tribute to the
Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II as they were the first women to fly
military airplanes during wartime and have a strong connection to the legendary
Warbirds housed on the island. Pioneers in the areas of aircraft compressibility,
problems of speed and stability and the sound barrier, the WASPs are among the
few women who rapidly moved from piston propulsion into jet and rocket power.
In addition to the WASPs, other women in aviation who will participate at the Spirit of Flight
Air Show & WalkA bout include Mary Dilda, the first woman to win a national air race (Reno Air Races
'97), glider and aerobatics pilots.
Attending WASPs will speak at scheduled intervals as part of the Lone Star Flight Museum's
Living History Educational Program. There will be WASP exhibits and the opportunity to purchase
commemorative items.
Located at the Municipal Airport, Scholes Field, next to Moody Gardens, the Lone Star Flight
Museum is open daily, 10 - 5. For additional information call (409) 740-7722 or (281) 480-7722. T.J.
Zalar is Curator and Director of Education. Chairman of the WASP Committee is chief volunteer T.C.
Jones.
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Contact Name & AdApril25 & 26, 1998 --- 9 AM - 4:30PM Daily
Spirit of Flight air Show & WalkAbout
Annual Air Show presented by the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame &
Lone Star Flight Museum featuring World War II battle
demonstrations complete with powerful pyrotechnic display and
dog fights.
Honoring Women in Aviation, this year's air show will feature the
first woman to win the Reno Air Races in the T-6 Division.
Mary Dilda will demonstrate the power and excitement of air
racing - . In addition, special tribute will be paid to the W.A.S.P.'s
WWII.
Phone for Info: 1-888-FLIGHT-8 or (409) 740-7722dress
M. J. Naschke (409) 762-3930 Fax (409) 762-6467
305 Moody Avenue, Suite 245
Galveston, Texas 77550
WASP WWII
Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWIIFLIGHT MUSEUM
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Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.). [Flyer: Special Tribute to W.A.S.P.'s of World War II], pamphlet, 1998; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1075666/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.