International Women Air & Space Museum http://iwasm.org/wp-blog Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:33:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Dr. Barbara Ganson to Speak About Harriet Quimby’s Fashionable Flight Suit http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/22/dr-barbara-ganson-to-speak-about-harriet-quimby-fashionable-flight-suit/ http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/22/dr-barbara-ganson-to-speak-about-harriet-quimby-fashionable-flight-suit/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:28:19 +0000 mepps http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/?p=2560 ...Read the Rest]]>

Dr. Barbara Ganson

As part of Women in Aviation Week Worldwide, March 5-11, 2012 and the one hundredth anniversary of the first crossing of the English Channel by airplane piloted by a woman aviator in 1912, that is by America’s own Harriet Quimby, the first U.S. licensed woman pilot, I will be giving a power point talk on the morning of March 10, 2012 at Lashenden Air Warfare Museum at Headcorn Aerodrome on the history of pioneer women aviators’ fashion.   In particular, I will be demonstrating the plum colored satin flying outfit Harriet Quimby wore.   I had a replica of her flying suit sewn using a pattern from IWASM made from plum satin for this special event. The hood is backed in plum colored wool.   I will also be explaining the influences or origins of  the design of early aviatrices flying costumes and how these women’s socioeconomic backgrounds and career choices in part determined what they wore when piloting airplanes.   I then will be flying left seat in a Cessna 172 with a British instructor across the English channel to Le Touquet, France, along with at least 99 other aircraft that have registered for this special event. My aircraft and instructor is being provided by Headcorn Aerodrome. Since I do not have a UK pilot’s license or a U.S. registered aircraft in England, I have to fly with an instructor.     There is  a special celebratory dinner at Le Touquet, a French coastal resort, on Saturday evening, March 10.  I then fly back the next day to Headcorn and make my way back to the U.S. and my classes at Florida Atlantic University.  French aviator Mireille Goyer who resides in Canada is the international team leader for this event.  I talked about celebrating this event at Oshkosh with Mireille last summer.  That the event is taking place underscores her outstanding organizing ability. (As a November we will not sure anything was going to happen!).   I have been thinking about the importance of celebrating Harriet Quimby’s achievements nearly for two years.  An American woman who had to be a nonpilot  won a video contest to accompany Mireille in her Robin across the channel and be a part of this special event  (See womenofaviationweek.org/channel for more details about this young woman and my talk, “Women did not always wear pants,”).  We will be introducing women to aviation by providing rides on March 10 for a reasonable price at Headcorn.  (see website for event schedule).  
]]> http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/22/dr-barbara-ganson-to-speak-about-harriet-quimby-fashionable-flight-suit/feed/ 0 IWASM Recent Acquisitions http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/iwasm-recent-acquisitions/ http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/iwasm-recent-acquisitions/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:15:08 +0000 mepps http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/?p=2522 ...Read the Rest]]> January 16th, Marcia Greenham delivered the memoribilia of Vi Blowers Stamm to IWASM. The donation consists of lots of air race trophies, awards, letters and photos of the USAF Thunderbirds and also of Air Force One. Vi was not only a fabulous pilot, but a seamtress that worked at Wright Patterson Air Force base. She made the flight suits for the Thunderbird teams. She also made flight jackets for Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan. Marcia Greenham has also donated a hat Vi made, red with a big red “99″ on the brim and a framed photo of herself, Vi and three other lady pilots with “Sky King” (Kirby Grant). The photo was taken in 1975 at the Dayton Air Show.

]]> http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/iwasm-recent-acquisitions/feed/ 0 IWASM Items on Display at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport! http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/iwasm-items-on-display-at-cleveland-hopkins-international-airport/ http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/iwasm-items-on-display-at-cleveland-hopkins-international-airport/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:14:48 +0000 mepps http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/?p=2520 ...Read the Rest]]> If you happen to be traveling from now until the end of April, take a few minutes to walk through the Art Gallery in Terminal A at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. The entire display is on loan from IWASM in celebration of Women’s History Month. The display is titled “Women In Uniform” and features artwork and prints from early aviators through astronauts. If you continue to walk just beyond the Art Gallery, you will be able to check out the three IWASM exhibit cases that are on permanent display at the airport! For more information visit http://www.clevelandairport.com/

]]> http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/iwasm-items-on-display-at-cleveland-hopkins-international-airport/feed/ 0 IWASM Items on Display in New York’s Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/iwasm-items-on-display-in-new-yorks-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum/ http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/iwasm-items-on-display-in-new-yorks-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:14:19 +0000 mepps http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/?p=2518 ...Read the Rest]]> Anyone travelling to New York City between March and July should check out the exhibit Women In Aviation-World War II at the USS Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum. IWASM lent many items for the exhibit. Including: Teddy Kenyon’s flight suit and a certificate from Grummon, two WASP uniforms, Ann Kenyon’s flight suit, items from the Curtis Wright Cadette program and Ruth Fleisher’s A2 leather jacket. Representing women pilots before the war, are trophies earned by Ruth Nichols, Teddy Kenyon and Helen McCloskey. Visit http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/ for more information.

]]> http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/iwasm-items-on-display-in-new-yorks-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum/feed/ 0 Help us celebrate Women’s History Month! http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/help-us-celebrate-women%e2%80%99s-history-month/ http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/2012/02/16/help-us-celebrate-women%e2%80%99s-history-month/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:48:26 +0000 mepps http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/?p=2505 ...Read the Rest]]> Join us for our 7th annual FREE Family Day on March 10th from 10am-4pm! This year we are celebrating the flying, fashion & fabulousness of Harriet Quimby, the first American woman to earn a pilot’s license. You’ll have an opportunity to learn about Harriet Quimby’s life and legacy through a biographical timeline of hands-on activities, including acting lessons and a create-your-own-fashion booth!

Enjoy performances by a Harriet Quimby re-enactor, a fashion show, and so much more!

Click here for on-line registration http://iwasm.org/wp-blog/iwasm-family-day/

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Join us for a free guided tour of the musuem’s main exhibits every Saturday at 1pm. Learn about Amelia Earhart, Bessie Coleman, the WASP, and more. Hours are approximately 1 hour in length. Gather by the sign in front of the gift shop at 1pm to join. No reservations required! For more information call 216-623-1111

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www.courant.com

Ann Gleszer was literally one of history’s silent heroes — records of the essential work she and other women performed during World War II as Air Force test pilots were buried and stamped classified.
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