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About this episode

This is the trailer for the film "Wings of Their Own" a documentary about women pilots with over 180 women pilots featuredFrom Kitty Hawk to Cape Canaveral, a few women have found “Wings of Their Own.” The Wright Brothers were taught to use tools by their mother, Susan. The first non-military midair refueling was done by Elinor Smith and Bobbi Trout. This is a video documentary in which over 183 women pilots tell their stories in their own words with no narration. Many are sharing their “home movies” for the first time. With only six exceptions, everyone you see and hear in the film is a licensed woman pilot, and we cover everyone from pleasure to airline to racing to military to helicopter and stunt pilots both current and historical. Each one of these ordinary, extraordinary women decided to follow her dreams into the sky. Most are members of the Ninety-Nines, a woman pilot association founded by Faye Gillis Wells and Amelia Earhart among others. Their first official meeting was November 2, 1929; 75 years ago at Curtiss Field on Long Island. You will see someone who looks like or sounds like someone you know, and she flies an airplane.

• Release Date

  Jul 9, 2006

• Runtime

  03:34