Madge Moore

She served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II.

[4] She recalled that her flight instructor told her "to take her hands and feet off the controls" so that she could see that the plane would stay in the air on its own.

[2] Moore graduated from Southern Methodist University and attended Texas State College for Women.

[5] She began training in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) on November 1, 1943, at Avenger Field.

[8] As a WASP, she ferried planes, some of which no longer had functioning instruments, forcing her to use dead reckoning.

Madge Moore with her Congressional Gold Medal in 2010.