Flight 1, Region One Newsletter, Volume 10 Number 5, October, 1999 Page: 4 of 8
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ANOTHER EVENT ADDED TO WASP SCHEDULE--Plan to
34' *. _attend in 2000-
CAF Frederick, MD--Scotty, Ethel, Elaine and Shutsy
THE GENUINE ARTICLE
by Cindy Weigand, Friend of WASP
I knew the story of the WASP. I'd probably read as much about
them as some historians. My personal collection of books by
and about the WASP rivals library collections. After I met Shutsy
Reynolds in her home in January though, for all the reading
in the world, there was nothing like the "genuine article".
Through email from Shutsy I learned there would be WASP at the
Wings of Freedom Airshow in Frederick, Maryland, so I drove
down from Duncanville, PA with my family. The instant I walked
through the gates, a man asked "Would you like a program, ma'am?"
On the cover was WASP. As if he'd read my mind, the man continued
"and you can meet the pilot on the cover in that building right
there, pointing to a hangar close by. Not only were the WASP
present, they were being honored.
The pilor on ther cover,Ethel Finley, was indeed in the building
with five other WASP. Shutsy was there with WASP stores, as
were Scotty Gough, Mary Ruth Rance, Irene England and Elaine
Harmon. (Toby Felker and Ann Darr present on Sunday-editor note)
What I liked most is the WASP indomitable spirit--incapable
of being overcome, subdued or defeated. You did your job.
Listeniz to the ladies'stories, that indomitable spirit remains
codav. Ethel told us that she and Scotty plan a parachute jump
on her S:th birthday. As a Friend of the WASP I read that you
fly around the world, climb mountains, sail seas, write poetry,
overcome tragedies and bounce back after difficult surgeries.
That the Wings of Freedom chose to honor you is appropriate.
I sent Elaine a photo of my daughter and the WASP. She replied,
"The picture with Candace is a treasure because we always want
to help inspire y oung people into doing things that will make
their lives fun and give them a feeling of accomplishment."
You indeed inspire the middle-aged as well as the young.
There is nothing like the "genuine article".
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