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…."