Flying Free: The Story of Kaddy Steele

About the Book

Flying Free: The Story of Kaddy Steele is the true story of a remarkable woman whose independent spirit and love of adventure made her a pioneer in flying as a WASP and as an airshow pilot. It is the story of a woman who, while growing up, hated school and later became a successful educator herself.

It is the story of a woman who has been eager to embrace new challenges and to persist until she conquered them.

It is, finally, the story of a woman who has taken what the poet Robert Frost calls “the road less traveled by.”

About the Author

Willa Buckley Wolcott first met Kaddy Steele in 1977 when Willa and a colleague were asked to develop a Writing Center in the Office of Instructional Resources at the University of Florida under the guidance of Kaddy Steele. Willa admired and respected Kaddy for her enthusiasm, dedication, caring, and zest for living, and through the years a warm friendship developed between the two. Willa, who has done extensive academic writing, received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida and continues to teach there part-time. Her son and daughter are grown, and she and her husband reside in Gainesville, Florida.