Suzanne Parish

Suzanne "Sue" Upjohn DeLano Parish (November 13, 1922 – May 12, 2010)[1] was an American aviator.

Parish was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II.

In 1977, with her husband, Pete Parish, she was the co-founder of the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, later known as the Air Zoo, after the animal nicknames of the planes.

Deciding that she could no longer handle the G-forces, she flew in her final air show in October of 1993.

[4] On November 2, 1977, President Jimmy Carter passed Public Law 95-202, which gave those that served in the WASP program military veteran status.

[9] In July 2009, President Barack Obama signed a bill that gave the WASPs the Congressional Gold Medal.