ESAM Fly-in Breakfast - FEATURING: WWII WASP HISTORY
Sat, Jul 18
|Empire State Aerosciences Museum
The Empire State Aerosciences Museum will host its monthly all you can eat breakfast. Enjoy pancakes, french toast, eggs, sausage, potatoes, juice, coffee, tea and more!
Time & Location
Jul 18, 2026, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Empire State Aerosciences Museum, 250 Rudy Chase Dr, Glenville, NY 12302, USA
About the event
Over 1,000 women flew military aircraft in WWII as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Ruth Franckling Reynolds (Class 43-W-2) was a flight instructor in Kingston, NY before joining the WASP. For 18 months, she ferried trainers and pursuit planes from factories to airbases across the US. Her daughter, Author Margaret DiBenedetto, grew up listening to her mother’s stories about flying for the WASP. She has worked closely with the National WASP Museum in Texas and has written a historical novel to tell some of her mother’s flying experiences. Her presentation will discuss the WASP and her mother’s aviation adventures.
There will be an accompanying slide show and questions are strongly encouraged.
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