The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces.
A veteran of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
The first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft.The WASPs flew support missions for the military during World War II. There will also be displays of Vintage aircraft,
an appearance by Commander … (0 comments)
wasps: Top Gun Gramma is 93 and Flys at our own Fullerton Airport!!!
- 03/05/10 05:00 AM
As Violet Cowden, 93, of Huntington Beach waited in her flight jumpsuit to hit the Tarmac at Fullerton Airport, she reminisced about flying World War II fighter planes during her time as a Women's Airforce Service Pilot. Violet Thurn Cowden of South Dakota served in the WASP from 1943 to 1944.
Violet Thurn Cowden was born in South Dakota to a farming family. She graduated from high school in 1934 and enrolled at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota. She graduated in 1936 and worked as a teacher in town. While there, she took flying lessons and earned … (2 comments)
Fullerton Municipal Airport and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary co-host "Airport and Safe Boating Day."
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