[This is the story of my heroine, Ann B. Carl, the first American woman to fly a jet in 1944. My memoir, “Flying Alone” will be officially announced on October 14, 2019, the anniversary of Ann Carl’s test flight of a jet fighter aircraft, making her the first woman to fly a jet.]

Today I would like to introduce you to one of my heroes, or rather, heroines, Ann Baumgartner Carl, an extraordinary woman--and aviatrix--for her time and for all time. She was the first American woman to fly...