Wings Across America

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1998 Omaha, Nebraska at the WASP Convention. Set up with our brand new logo, designed by Baylor Prof Terry Roller, and a poster of our brochure. I plugged in my leptop to show the WASP what was possible on the internet.

1998: San Marcos, Tx: First airshow display: Deanie and A-26 pilot, Joe Neemer. Earliest posters were black and white. 

2001: Oshkosh, Wisconsin—in the WASP Tent.  Kermit Weeks, pilot and founder of Fantasy of Flight and WASP Deanie Parrish. 

Note the trading cards

2002 Tucson, Arizona: WASP Convention. WASP Champion Fran Hess, pilot and generous, long time supporter.  Posters on display.

2004, Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX: Surrounded by group of young Lts.  WASP Deanie Parrish.  Now, we have a flag, donated by WASP Shutsy Reynolds, WASP Flag designer.

2004, Reno, Nevada: NAAA Convention and our traveling exhibit.  Posters are now in color and very big! Young visitors got to ‘meet the WASP!’

2005, Waco, Texas, loading the truck for Sweetwater, with posters and displays…Claire Kultgen and a few more Baylor AFROTC cadets who loaded our truck!

2006: Pentagon parking lot, Air Force Memorial dedication: 

WASP Shutsy Reynolds and WASP Deanie Parrish, holding up the banner that features their pictures.  This canvas display was 32 feet long and told the story of the WASP.

2007, Waco, Texas: airshow during our FlyGirls of WWII opening at the Maybourn.  Darla Sowder, Jill Long, USAF and acrobatic pilot, WASP Marion Hodgson, Pilot Joe Neemer, WASP Deanie Parrish, WASP Jo Wheelis and Nancy Parrish in front of the A’-26 ‘Spirit of Waco’

2007 Midland, Texas: WASP Shutsy Reynolds, Nancy, WASP Scotty Gough and WASP Deanie Parrish. Huge banner in the back features a collage of Nancy’s poster designs.  A lady pilot wanted to display it in her hanger. She made a donation that paid for our trip.

2008, Arlington, Texas: Nancy and Deanie and Barby Parrish Williams, setting up for a WASP display at the Last WASP Convention. Note the afghan;). 

AAF Arnold Air Society Cadets and WASP at their 2005 Convention in Denver, Co, where they voted to ‘Adopt a WASP”—Wings Across America’s proposal for chapters across the US to honor their local WASP.

    Since the beginning of Wings Across America, I enjoyed creating a wide variety of original educational projects designed to preserve and share the remarkable story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.


    Along the way, we were invited to Air Shows and special events to honor the WASP and share their stories.  Creating posters for every special event was a challenge, but the donations given for the posters helped our little project continue to ‘fly.’


    Beyond the traveling exhibits, the music, the video interviews, the speeches, and the books are many other creative projects—each developed with the same purpose: to educate, inspire, and ensure that the legacy of the WASP would never be forgotten.


    Every project represents another way of telling their story and reaching a different audience. Whether through art, music, interactive activities, educational resources, posters or historical displays, the mission has always remained the same: to educate and inspire.


Welcome to a collection of Wings Across America's creative projects.

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