Thank you, The Ninety-Nines, Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots, for the opportunity to talk about my banned (!) book, #wingsofgoldbook!

New shipment just came in! #wingsofgoldbook still banned from official U.S. websites. Read the stories of 6 pioneering women military pilots that the government doesn’t want you to know about! Available in hardcover, ebook and audiobook.

"Wings of Gold," my book about the first 6 female naval aviators, and the personal stories of these pioneering women have vanished from gov't websites. Please join the more than 1,100 people who have signed our petition. These histories need to be restored! Please sign and share! chng.it/Z6Yq5mQnzc

Thank you, @repsherrill.bsky.social, for speaking out for America's servicewomen who are being disappeared from U.S. government websites www.facebook.com/reel/4842147...

952 signatures and counting! Thank you! If you haven't signed our petition calling for the histories of America's servicewomen to be restored to U.S. government websites, would you please do it now -- and share the link? Thank you! chng.it/Z6Yq5mQnzc

Thank you, Fountain Bookshop, for a terrific local author book signing! #wingsofgoldbook #bannedbooks #navalaviation

Thank you to The Flight Deck at Southbridge Airport (3B0) for displaying #wingsofgoldbook!

Thank you to the 434 people who have signed so far! If you haven't yet, would you add your name and support restoring the histories of America's dedicated servicewomen? Thank you! chng.it/Z6Yq5mQnzc

Help restore the histories of America's servicewomen that have been deleted from military websites! chng.it/ZkszJ5V4KS

Stop by the Fountain Bookshop, 187th St. off Ft. Wash Ave., for a local author book chat and signing next Tuesday, April 22, from 5-7 p.m. I'll be signing copies of my newly banned book, "Wings of Gold." Come support local writers and businesses and your right to read what you wish!

Help restore the histories of America's servicewomen that have been deleted from military websites! chng.it/ZkszJ5V4KS

Help restore the histories of America's servicewomen that have been deleted from military websites! chng.it/ZkszJ5V4KS

OTD in 1974: – Ens. Jane Skiles (O’Dea), earns Wings of Gold. She will become the 1st woman to fly the C-130 Hercules, America's 1st military pilot mom, the Navy’s 1st female flight instructor, and one of the 1st female naval aviators to become a captain and command a squadron. #wingsofgoldbook

Banned! During #WomensHistoryMonth the Navy took down its website for #wingsofgoldbook. Read the stories of 6 pioneering female naval aviators that the military doesn't want you to know about! Available in hardcover, ebook and audiobook #navalaviation

Thank you, Daedalus Flyer magazine, for your review of "Wings of Gold"! #WomensHistoryMonth #navalaviation

I went to check on whether the book I wrote about the Navy's first female fliers, "Wings of Gold." was still listed on the Navy's website. I found this. The histories of six pioneering military pilots erased. This is not ok. #navalaviation #womenshistorymonth

This is not okay

Thank you, #ussmidwaymuseum, for displaying #wingsofgoldbook! #womenshistorymonth #navalaviation

This #WomensHistoryMonth, meet 6 women who made history. First woman to solo a Navy aircraft. First to command an aviation squadron. First female Hurricane Hunter. First military pilot mom. #wingsofgoldbook available in hardcover, e-book and audiobook.

Happy birthday, Bessie Coleman! m.youtube.com/watch?v=wckE...

OTD in 1973: The Navy’s first civilian female naval aviator candidates report to Women’s Officer School, Newport, RI: Ens. Joellen Drag (Oslund); Ens. Rosemary Merims Conatser (Mariner), who in 1990 will become the 1st woman to command an aviation squadron; Ens. Ana Maria Scott.

OTD in 1991: Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield begins. Though women are banned from combat, VAQ-34, a tactical electronic warfare squadron commanded by Cmdr. Rosemary Mariner, trains 7 battle groups to prepare male fighter pilots for combat. She is presented with the Meritorious Service Medal.

Seems appropriate for today

OTD in 1973: Navy Sec’y John Warner signs training orders for Lt. Judith Ann Neuffer as the U.S. military's first female flight cadet AND Joellen Drag takes oath of enlistment as 1st civilian female naval aviator recruit. #wingsofgoldbook

This is worth the 10 minutes right here. Nice job, SAS. www.flysas.com/en/about-us/...

OTD in 1970: Ensign Barbara Ann Allen (Rainey) is commissioned in the naval reserve. She will become Female Naval Aviator #1 — the first woman to earn Wings of Gold in U.S. military flight training. #wingsofgoldbook

Thank you, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, for showcasing “Wings of Gold: The Story of the First Women Naval Aviators”!

Recent pushback to women in combat is the same old argument used against the WASP and other servicewomen after World War II; the first women in U.S. military flight training in the '70s; and the women seeking combat status for duty they were already performing in the '90s.

When pilots wish one another well, they bid them "blue skies." Hoping that's an omen for the future