"The difference between our training and RAF training is that we were trained to fly not just one type of single engine - but any type of single engine planes," said Edwards. She became one of 168 women that would fly with the ATA. Ukraine war latest: Russian ally delivers blow to Putin US warns Ukraine to crack down on corruption - or risk losing some aid. To keep up with demand, the group began recruiting female pilots from across the world. A HEROIC US Air Force fighter pilot has spoken of the moment she braced herself for a suicide mission to knock Flight 93 out the sky during the horror 9/11 attacks. We were trained to fly not just one type of single engine - but any type of single engine planes. The British government enlisted the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) - a group of civilian pilots that were deemed either too old or physically unfit to serve in the RAF - to ferry planes from factories and airports to military outposts. Meanwhile, the war machine was grappling with a desperate need for pilots. Not night and day, but dusk and gloaming, the faint echoes of light from the sun caught in the lowering sky of evening. Bachelor of Arts degree from Hamilton College, Clinton, NY (History/English Lit./Painting)1991. Began training in high school- The Salisbury School, Salisbury, CT,1986. For the first few years of the war, Edwards was employed as a child-care worker, then as a nurse. Born- May 25th, 1967 Worcester Massachusetts: grew up in Southborough, MA, summering in Kennebunk, ME. a painting of a woman riding on the back of a horse with a bird flying. Women weren't allowed to fly planes for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Trained to fly anything The first delivery by the female ATA pilots during the war on Jan.
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