Ann Baumgartner Carl learned to fly in 1940 and entered Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) training during World War II.She was assigned to tow a target squadron at Camp Davis, North Carolina, flying Curtiss A-25s. She was transferred to Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, where she became the first and only female test pilot.
Read more about Ann’s incredible story as she also became the first woman to fly a jet aircraft (the Bell YP-59A), her acquaintance with Orville Wright, and her robust writing career, courtesy of Women in Aviation International here: https://www.wai.org/pioneers/2001/ann-baumgartner-carl