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MUSEUM OF FLIGHT HOSTS FLYING WOMEN OF WWII

CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WITH THE WASPS

Dateline -- [SEATTLE, WASHINGTON] On Saturday, March 13, 1999, the Museum of Flight will salute Women's History Month by hosting a day-long program, The Flying women of World War II, popularly known as WASPs or Women Airforce Service Pilots.  At 2:00 p.m. in the Museum's William M. Allen Theater, several WASPs will talk about their experiences during and after the war.  In addition to the panel discussion, the Museum will offer a demonstration of a primary flight trainer built by a group of local Girl Scouts, and a short film about the WASPs will be shown in the theater.   Weather permitting, planes like those flown by the WASPs will be on static display, including the Museum's Boeing B-17F, a Piper Cub, a Stearman Kaydet, a North American T-6 Texas, and a Fairchild PT-26 Cornell.

For more information about WASP Day at the Museum of flight, please call 206-768-7150.   The Flying Women of World War II program is free with Museum admission. The Museum of Flight, at 9404 East Marginal Way South, is open daily from 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m., and until 9:00p.m Thursdays. Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for youths ages 5-17, and free for children under age 5 and Museum members.

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