We Are Pilots

"Off We Go.... Into the Wild Blue Yonder"

Brevard Theatrical Ensemble wishes to thank Walter Kiely
for graciously sharing his pictures of our Story Tellers
at the Florida Spaceport Chapter 99s May (2007) event at the
Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum.

We had such a grand time entertaining the real lady pilots in attendance
and many thanks to Bobbi Lasher for inviting us!

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Harriet Quimby
First American woman to earn a pilot's license (August 1, 1911)

Jalane Johnson as Harriet Quimby

Harriet Quimby - 1875-1912 (Click Picture to read more)

"If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course,
abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform."

There are Rules and there are Laws. The rules are made by men
who think that they know better how to fly your airplane than you.
The Laws (of Physics) were made by God. You can, and sometimes should,
suspend the rules but you can never suspend the Laws, 
however women have been pushing them right to the edge!

Ruth Law  

"There is a world-old controversy that crops up
whenever women attempt to enter a new field.
Is a woman fit for that work?
It would seem that a woman's success in any particular field would
prove her fitness for that work, without regard to theories to the contrary."

Beryl Markham

Ruby Albaugh as Beryl Markham

Beryl Markham 1902-1986 (Click Picture to read more)

"I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls."

Doris Gonzalez - WASP
(Women Airforce Service Pilots)
Established in 1943

(Click Picture to read more)
A "one day flight",  covering 11,000 miles, 17 states, and flying  6 different aircraft.
(We did not name the person who made this flight, but one of the original WASP's,
Helen Snapp, who attended our show, was good friends with her!)