Jo Wheeler

I ripped through this book it was that good! This was a truly inspirational story of determination, guts and the power of women to succeed in the face of adversity. The story of the founding of the ATA, its development as the war progressed, and the women who founded and fought to join the service is fascinating and a story everyone should read. I was aware that there were women pilots moving aeroplanes around the country thanks to some novels that had characters involved in this, but I didn't know the true story, which is much better than fiction!

There are a lot of tragic stories, as one would expect, but these women were trailblazers and it is such a shame that the chauvinistic attitude they overcame to fly returned after the war with a vengeance. They broke the glass ceiling before it even existed.… (meer)