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[Clipping: Flying high]

Description: Sheet from the Local & State ("B") section of the StarNews newspaper from July 2010 including the first and last two pages of the section. It includes the text of an article (starting on 2B) about Helen Wyatt Snapp and her experience as a female pilot during WWII. The article includes photographs of Snapp in her youth after receiving a Congressional Gold Medal. There is a handwritten note beside the article, reading, "Helen, Thank you! Hope you enjoy it. Chris Mudarri." This section includes … more
Date: July 5, 2010
Creator: Mudarri, Chris
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clippings: Victoria woman among those honored and Female WWII pilots]

Description: Newspaper clippings of two articles about Victoria resident Eleanor "Mickey" McLernon Brown and other WASP receiving awards for the service in WWII. A photograph of Brown is included with the article. On the back of the clippings, there are local announcements and a Dillard's advertisement.
Date: March 11, 2010
Creator: Velasquez, J. J. & Hefling, Kimberly
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Victoria woman among those honored for duties in WASP]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about Victoria resident Eleanor "Mickey" McLernon Brown and other WASP receiving awards for the service in WWII. A photograph of Brown is included with the article, and on the back of the clipping, there are local announcements and a Dillard's advertisement.
Date: March 11, 2010
Creator: Velasquez, J. J.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Golden moment here at last for war pilots]

Description: Newspaper clippings of an article about WASP members being honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for their service in WWII. The article focuses primarily on a member named Susie Bain, including two photographs. On the back of the first clipping are advertisements, and on the back of the second clipping are articles about Texas politics and the death penalty.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Rosales, Christina
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Helen Snapp and Calvin Hughes at GMAA Gala]

Description: Photograph of Helen Snapp and TV News Anchor Calvin Hughes at the Greater Miami Aviation Association Gala at Doral Resort, Miami, Florida. Calvin wears a black suit with a purple tie and smiles into the camera, while Helen wears a black dress with bronze floral decals and looks toward the bottom left of the frame.
Date: October 23, 2010
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Innovation with Purpose: Lockheed Martin's First 100 Years

Description: Book outlining the history of the Lockheed Martin aerospace company, including its initial start near the end of the 19th century through 2017, with speculation about the future. Chapters are organized chronologically, describing the various business decisions, design innovations, and other work that occurred during particular decades, with relation to wider aviation and technological history. Index starts on page 263.
Date: 2013
Creator: The History Factory
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Calendar: Fly Girls 2013]

Description: Calendar for 2013 containing both old and modern photographs of the Women Air Force Service Pilots of World War II. Many of the modern photos are from the WASP Homecoming Reunion in 2012. The calendar includes American holidays and important dates for WASP members.
Date: 2012
Creator: National WASP World War II Museum
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Fort Worth Aviation Museum float at Veterans Welcome Home parade]

Description: Photograph of the Fort Worth Aviation Museum float at the Veterans Welcome Home parade on August 1, 2015. A helicopter is sitting on the float, facing to the left of the camera. Four men are sitting in the helicopter. One man in the back left seat is pointing up with his right hand. A fifth man is sitting in a chair on the far left side of the photograph, holding a miniature United States flag. A banner at the bottom of the float reads, "'Fort Worth Has Wings' [--] Fort Worth Aviation Museum."
Date: August 1, 2015
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flying Beauty Keeps Shine]

Description: Online article printed from Abilene Reporter-News about a plane from the WASP training years, a 1944 Fairchild PT-19A, that still runs and is taken care of by Bill Johnson.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Kendall-Ball, Greg
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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