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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Patty Wagstaff became the first woman ever to win the US National Aerobatic Championships, indeed she would go on to win the Nationals three times, three years in a row.
		To those who question her abilities because she is a woman Patty responds, “Do you think the airplane knows or cares?” Patty Wagstaff knows full well, and has demonstrated to the world, that the allure of speed and motion, and the competitive realm of unlimited aerobatics are not the exclusive province of men.
		Patty Wagstaff has earned her position as one of modern aviation’s most recognized trailblazers and ambassadors, a woman dedicated to the sport and art of aerobatics.
	www.nationalaviation.org /website/index.asp?webpageid={F3401AC2-408C-42A7-AD0F-CDDC7942F110}&eID=441 (1088 words)

	Patty Wagstaff -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Wagstaff's honors did not limit to awards an championships, and in 1997, she received her first Hall of Fame induction, being inducted into the (A state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon) Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame as well as the International Women's Aviation Hall of Fame.
		Wagstaff continues working in the aviation field, as board member of the NAA and as chief pilot of the (additional info and facts about Aeroshell) Aeroshell aviation team.
		Her Aeroshell team is based in (A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Florida.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/patty_wagstaff.htm (395 words)

	Patty Wagstaff, Pioneer Aviatrix
		Patty Wagstaff was the first woman to become the United States National Aerobatic Champion, a feat she accomplished three times.
		Patty Wagstaff discovered those elements to which she was drawn in 1979 when she took her first flight lesson in a C-182 floatplane in Alaska.
		Patty's airplane is between those of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart's and beneath that of General James "Jimmy" Doolittle -an auspicious honor for a determined and persistent champion.
	www.ctie.monash.edu /hargrave/wagstaff.html (3932 words)

	Women in Aviation and Space History: Patty Wagstaff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Wagstaff, now based in St. Augustine, Florida, was raised in Japan and worked as a model and a shipwreck diver in Australia before moving to Alaska in 1978.
		Wagstaff was a six-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team, which competes in world competition every two years, until her retirement from competition in 1996.
		Wagstaff is a four-time winner of the Betty Skelton First Lady of Aerobatics Trophy and was the 1995 recipient of the National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement in Aviation.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/women_aviators/patty_wagstaff.htm (295 words)

	WomenOf.com™ the Week: Patty Wagstaff
		By the next year, Patty had her pilot's license and just five years after that, she was making a name for herself in aircraft acrobatic competitions -- enough of a name to earn a place on the United States Aerobatic Team.
		Patty grew up in a troubled household, the daughter of alcoholic, abusive parents who tried to subdue her wild side by sending her to restrictive, conformist girls' schools.
		Patty rebelled eventually and ran away, and her adventurous travels and restless spirit took her all over the world -- from diving for sunken treasure in the Indian Ocean to exploring the wilderness in Alaska where she learned to fly.
	www.womenofflorida.com /News/it092799.asp (505 words)

	Newsletter - Patty Wagstaff Airshows : www.PattyWagstaff.com - The Official Patty Wagstaff Website
		Patty is honored to have been invited to fly at Kitty Hawk during the week of December 12 for the Centennial of Flight activities.
		Patty was thrilled to be part of the event and was joined by women from NASA, women from all branches of the military, representatives from the 99's, the FAA, civil and commercial aviation and several members of the WWII WASPS and astronaut Bill McArthur.
		Patty is honored to have been invited to give a presentation on accelleration effects or "G's" in aerobatics at the first annual Patty Hilliard Robertson Symposium on medical factors in aerobatics, at the Center for Advanced Space Studies near the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
	www.pattywagstaff.com /newslettr.htm (18154 words)

	The Visiting Nurse Association Air Show presents Patty Wagstaff flying her Extra 300S
		During the off-season Patty engages in such diverse projects as stunt flying and coordination for the movie and television industry, and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the Motion Picture Pilots Association and the United Stuntwomen's Association.
		Patty Wagstaff flies one of the most thrilling, low-level aerobatic routines in the world today.
		She is a six-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team that competes in Olympic-level international competition, and the highest-placing American with gold, silver and bronze medals, a three-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion, an IAC Champion, and a six-time recipient of the "First Lady of Aerobatics" Betty Skelton Award.
	www.stuartairshow.com /wagstaff.html (598 words)

	Goodrich Avionics System - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Patty combines the precision of competition with the excitement of unlimited aerobatics in her Goodrich Extra 300S.
		Patty has been a member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team three times, was the top-scoring U.S. pilot at the World Aerobatic Championships and a three-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion.
		Patty retired from aerobatic competition in 1996, and now divides her time between airshows and movie stunt flying.
	www.as.l-3com.com /news/news074.asp (348 words)

	Lifetime Achievement Awards
		Patty Wagstaff is known for flying one of the most thrilling, low level aerobatic routines in the world.
		At nine years of age, Patty moved to Japan with her father who was a captain for Japan Air Lines.
		Patty has won the gold, silver and bronze medals in national and international competitions.
	www.afa.org /aboutus/lifetime.asp (2219 words)

	Past Event: NASS Lecture: Patty Wagstaff, 02/27/99
		Patty Wagstaff discussed her career in aviation as an Aerobatic pilot, as well as her off-season flying -- teaching a warbird-based spin and unusual attitude recovery course in AT-6s and T-28s.
		Patty Wagstaff was born in the United States to an Air Force family.
		Patty Wagstaff is a six-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team.
	www.nasm.si.edu /membership/pevents/wagstaff.htm (463 words)

	TimesDispatch.com \| Aerobatic aviator set to help show take off (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Patty Wagstaff could never be accused of having a weak stomach or a faint heart.
		Wagstaff, one of the best aerobatic pilots in the world, perfects "tumbly cartwheels" and "inverted ribbon cuttings" for a living - and loves it.
		Wagstaff will be one of the featured entertainers during this weekend's performance at the county airport, which runs from 9 a.m.
	www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031778698939&path=!news&s=1045855934842 (559 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Her name is Patty Wagstaff, and not long ago, she gave me a spin.
		WAGSTAFF: I do have a talent and I have a desire and I a passion for it and I have all of the ingredients to do what I do.
		WAGSTAFF: It's a big responsibility, it's an exhausting responsibility at air shows, and it is gratifying when a little girl comes up to me and says I watched you fly ten years ago and I just got my license.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0312/13/nac.00.html (5959 words)

	99s Book Corner: Fire and Air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		It is the biography of a pioneer aerobatic pilot, the first woman in the United States to capture the coveted title of National Aerobatic Champion.
		To prove she was deserving, Patty captured the title three consecutive years -- 1991, 1992 and 1993.
		Patty has made it to the top in aerobatics, one of the most dangerous and demanding sports in the world.
	www.ninety-nines.org /books/b_fireandair.html (178 words)

	CNN.com - Flying high with an aerobatic champ - July 19, 2002
		PATTY WAGSTAFF: I grew up around aviation, my father was an airplane pilot for Japan Airlines.
		WAGSTAFF: Some of these mechanics of these maneuvers are so difficult and so complex that I can't think about what I'm doing; I just have to do it.
		WAGSTAFF: I have been put into the position of being a role model whether I wanted to or not.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/industry/07/19/stunt.pilot (607 words)

	Capt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Patty Wagstaff is one of this country's most well-known and respected aerobatic pilots, and her trademark red, white, and blue German-made Extra 300 Special flies in front of millions at air shows around the world each year.
		A six-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team since 1985, Patty is three-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion, the 1993 International Aerobatics Competition Champion, and a six time recipient of the "First Lady of Aerobatics" Betty Skelton Award.
		Patty Wagstaff Airshows has three airplanes: a Baron, a T-6, and the Extra 300 Special.
	www.simhq.com /simhq3/sims/interviews/wagstaff (2657 words)

	RE: GP Patty <span class= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Patty is on skis and the balence is good, looking for 20 degrees to fly.
		I'm finished fixing my Patty 's cracked main landing gear mount (to many hard landings) and I believe she is stronger then ever.
		GP Patty Wagstaff (of course, why else would I be on this thread) with a BME 50, yours looks like a DA GP Shoestring with an OS FX 61 (mine is in bones) One to many hard landings and have to redo the stringers on the bottom
	www.rcuniverse.com /forum/m_1027454/mpage_26/key_Patty,Wagstaff/tm.htm (2021 words)

	2005 - 04/20 - Patty Wagstaff WebChat Transcript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		04/20/2005 19:25:26 CT Patty Wagstaff says I think to be an air show performer, you have to be a certain kind of person who loves to be "on the road" and who just loves what they do.
		04/20/2005 19:32:05 CT Patty Wagstaff says Actually, for me the best thing about air show flying, aerobatics and flying in general, is that it's always a challenge and you can always learn and get better at it.
		We thank Patty Wagstaff for taking time from her busy schedule to join us tonight.
	www.youngeagles.org /webchat/pattywagstaff.asp (4547 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Fire and Air: A Life on the Edge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Wagstaff spent the first 30 years of her life surviving a dysfunctional family, an abusive marriage, and the counterculture.
		She then learned to fly with such authority that she won the U.S. National Acrobatic Championship thrice (she is the only woman to win it at all) and became an acknowledged leading figure in airshow displays and competitive acrobatics.
		Wagstaff really tries to make you feel what goes on in her head (or heart) when she flies, why she gets such a kick out of flying.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1556523106 (1044 words)

	Tester Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Wagstaff has won more than 10 performance awards.
		Wagstaff won her first and second national championships in a BF Goodrich Aerospace Extra 260.
		Off-season, Wagstaff flies as a stunt pilot and aerial coordinator for major motion picture and television projects.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/tester/archives/apr9/tst_c4999.html (353 words)

	Fire & Air The Patty Wagstaff Story from Aircraft Spruce
		Five short years after earning her pilots license and only three years after her first aerobatics lesson, Patty Wagstaff earned her first spot on the U.S. Aerobatics Team, a team of the best aerobatics pilots who represent the United States in worldwide competition.
		In less than 14 years, her hard work and dedication propelled her to become the first woman to win the U.S. Aerobatics Championship, a feat that has yet to be repeated by any female pilot.
		Here is the story of one womans struggle to overcome painful obstacles including an unstable, alcoholic family, sexism and harassment, and her own self doubts to become one of the worlds top aerobatic pilots in a traditionally male dominated profession.
	www.aircraftspruce.com /catalog/bvpages/fire_air.php (145 words)

	Batavia Airshow Video Photos Patty Wagstaff and her Extra 300 and Soucy's Bi-plane
		Patty's Extra is an ultra hi-performance aircraft, as her video taped interview points out.
		Passing Patty's crew inspection was hard but passing Patty's inspection was the toughest ever as she grabbed our gear and tugged for all she was worth to make sure it was secure.
		Patty pulled the most G's our gear ever went through.
	www.airshowvideo.com /Pages/batastl2.html (109 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Air Force Association Announces 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The awards are scheduled for presentation on Sept. 13 at the 58th Air Force Anniversary Dinner in Washington, D.C. Senator Inouye is a World War II combat veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor -- the nation's highest award for military valor.
		Wagstaff oversees Patty Wagstaff Air Shows in St. Augustine, Fla. A U.S. National Aerobatic Champion, Ms.
		Wagstaff is one of the most awarded female pilots.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=51685 (462 words)

	Great Planes Patty Wagstaff's Extra 300S ARF Product Review
		Surely everyone who loves airplanes knows that Patty Wagstaff is a brilliant, dramatic, and highly successful airshow performer.
		Patty and the Extra are so awe-inspiring in the air that she has driven her airshow competitors to devise more and more hair-raising stunts, just to stay on the program.
		As of this writing, there is no 1/4 scale blond Patty Wagstaff pilot figure available (yes, she is blond now) so I settled for a cute blond doll that my wife found at the 99 cent store.
	www.greatplanes.com /reviews/gpma1305-rcm.html (3493 words)

	Women Fly Aviation Adventurers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Breaking the gender barrier, she proved that in aviation, the best pilots are determined by skill and practice, not by gender.
		After retiring from the rigors of competition, Patty continues to thrill airshow audiences with her exciting "hard core" aerobatics airshow in her Extra 300.
		Back design is a reproduction of Patty's airshow routine, in her own "Aresti symbol" handwriting.
	www.easycart.net /WomenFlyInc./Aviation_Adventurers.html (1658 words)

	Encyclopedia: Aviator
		Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden (November 12, 1905-November 9, 1979) was an aviation pioneer, holder of numerous aviation records, and the first woman to win the Bendix Trophy.
		Patty Wagstaff (nÃ©e Patricia Rosalie Kearns Combs) was born in St....
		Frank Whittle speaking to employees of NASA Glenn Research Center, USA, in 1946 Sir Frank Whittle, OM (June 1, 1907 - August 9, 1996) was a Royal Air Force officer who invented the jet engine.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aviator (2807 words)

	PR Newswire: Goodrich Sponsored Pilot Patty Wagstaff Named One of the Most Influential Women in Aviation; * Women ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Goodrich Sponsored Pilot Patty Wagstaff Named One of the Most Influential Women in Aviation; *; Women in Aviation, International marks 100th anniversary of the first flight by selecting the top 100 females in the industry.
		Goodrich sponsored aerobatic pilot, Patty Wagstaff, was recently honored by Women in Aviation, International.
		To mark the centennial of flight the organization has selected Patty as one of the 100 most influential women in the aviation and aerospace industries.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:131708698&refid=ip_almanac_hf (259 words)

	Patty Wagstaff - The Alaska hunting forum
		I heard an interview by Patty as I woke up to the radio this morning.
		We are truly blessed with fantastic pilots and some of them even get their feats recognized.
		My salute to Patty and all of us who go unrecognized in her shadow.
	www.outdoorsdirectory.com /akforum/akhunting_message.php?id=10987 (54 words)

	Patty Wagstaff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		She is a six-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team that competes in Olympic-level international competition, and the highest-placing American with gold, silver and bronze medals, a three-time U.S. National Aerobatic champion, an International Aerobatics Club (IAC) champion, and a six-time recipient of the "First Lady of Aerobatics" Betty Skelton Award.
		She has "demoed" airplanes for companies such as Raytheon flying their new military trainer, the T-6A Texan II in air shows, and recently has been in Kenya, Africa working with the Kenya Wildlife Service giving pilots recurrency and bush training.
		Patty is proud to be sponsored by Textron Lycoming Textron Lycoming, which makes her engine; Barrett Performance Aircraft, which modifies it; Shell Oil; Champion Aerospace; and MT Propeller, which provides the propeller.
	www.airventure.org /2005/performers/patty_wagstaff.html (693 words)

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