Sky Girls

Sky Girls, by Jenny Laird, follows the path of five fictional World War II female fliers who hope to become US Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs). Set in 1944 at Avenger Field, an Army Air Force base in the dusty town of Sweetwater, TX, the final WASP trainee class struggles to earn their wings as they battle possible internal sabotage, media frenzy, public concern and a crucial Congressional vote to formally militarize the program or to disband it altogether. Merging fact and fiction, the five characters are guided by the “spirit” of real life aviation legend, Jacqueline Cochran, who created the WASP program in 1943, earning her the Distinguished Service Medal for services to her country during World War II. Brendon Fox directs.