Screening
Taking Flight
Date & Time
Location
Museum of Tolerance 9786 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035
FREE UNDERGROUND PARKING
About
Vanilla Fire Productions and the Museum of Tolerance invite you to a world premiere screening of TAKING FLIGHT: THE NADINE RAMSEY STORY.
In October 1944, Nadine Ramsey was 33, and she was flying the cutting-edge P-51 Mustang to New Jersey, its last stop before heading to the war in Europe. The irrepressible young woman from Wichita had long been determined to fly, and the gathering storm clouds of World War II had provided an unexpected opportunity. Nadine's inspiring story is of a girl from Depression-era Kansas who overcame tremendous challenges and defied convention to become an elite pilot—one of the few American women to fly fighter aircraft during World War II.
Becoming one of 1,102 women to join the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots and one of only 303 WASPs to take to the skies in military cockpits, Nadine transported aircraft to bases across the nation for use in the theaters of war. Disbanded in late 1944 to make way for male pilots and barred from piloting for commercial airlines, the WASPs spent the next three decades fighting to win veteran status.
Following the screening, join us for a Q&A.
This event is offered free of charge. RSVP required. TICKETS COMING SOON.
FREE UNDERGROUND PARKING.
