"The Aviatrix" centers on the theme of women aviators in history and the determination they embodied to be allowed to fly. First, we follow the story of a restored Travel Air biplane used by Louise Thaden to win the first cross-country Women's Air Race in 1929. Then we tell the story of a group of students at a Texas community college who are working to restore famed female aviator Jackie Cochran's Twin Beech, using it as vessel to tell the story of women in aviation. The last story showcases an Ohio restorer who rebuilt a WWII Stearman biplane that served at Avenger Field in Texas, where the Women's Air Service Pilots (WASP) were trained. This episode will inspire those who are told they cannot accomplish something, and having the drive to prove the cynics wrong.
