audiobook A WASP Among Eagles: A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II by Ann B. Carl in History

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. I wish it had been written in a more interesting manner with a better flow to itBy vickieSubject matter was interesting but I did not care for the authors style of writing. She would begin a paragraph with a sentence that had nothing to do with the rest of the paragraph and it left me wondering if she would get back to it but it would just hang there. Other times she would allude to something and then never make it clear which conclusion to come to. I wish it had been written in a more interesting manner with a better flow to it. She was supposedly a journalist. I put the book down many times for more interesting fare but finally made myself get thru it.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Fascinating womanBy KayJayI purchased this book after seeing a display about Ann Carl in the 8th Air Force Museum in Pooler GA (near Savannah) My husband I had known Ann Carl from the church we both attended in Islip on Long Island. We knew she had been a pilot; but never realized the fascinating things she had done in her life and the interesting people she knew; such as one of the Wright brothers and Amelia Aerhardt. She was way ahead of her time as far as being a woman who worked mostly with men. We both enjoyed the book heartily; great fun to learn all these things about someone who sang in our church choir.5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Absolutely amazing autobiography!By Carol Simon LevinI used it as the basis of my one-woman show about her: Flying Higher: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War IIDuring World War II; more than one thousand women volunteers completed the WASP military pilot training program. Graduating WASPs flew over 60;000;000 miles (sometimes towing targets that soldiers shot at with live ammunition!) Thirty-eight of them died serving their country. Then they were told that men needed their jobs and they were dismissed and forgotten. Jersey girl "Ann Carl" tells about the origin and training of the WASPs and how she became the only American woman to test-fly experimental planes during the war and the first woman to fly a jet airplane! (tellingherstories.com)