Barry Vincent-Smith Became One Of America's First Female
Pilots
It was 1944 and with America in the midst of World War II,
female aviators were being accepted as Women's Airforce Service
Pilots to test aircraft and fly support missions in the U.S.,
freeing up men for combat roles overseas. Barry Vincent-Smith, now
91, began her journey to becoming one of America's first female
pilots in Chittenango, NY, in 1942.
FAA Office Appears To Have Little Problem Throwing Its Weight
Around -- For The Second Time In A Month
In breaking the story about the FAA's shutdown of an LSA
manufacturer via a "prototype" auditing system that was so new that
only a few such audits had been conducted, ANN heard a number of
rumblings from the aviation industry about concerns with the FAA's
AIR-200 office and its alleged willingness to come down hard on
segments of the sport aviation community.
GPS Signals Jammed During Joint U.S.-South Korean Exercise In
March
While conducting a major military exercise in March, a U.S.
reconnaissance plane was subjected to an electronic attack from the
southwestern area of North Korea which caused the aircrew to
execute an emergency landing.
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