She was one of about 1,100 Americans to be part of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Known as WASP, these women earned their wings by taking to the skies for non-combat military missions in World ...

Its shape, with a narrow waist and large rear,resembled a wasp (vespa in Italian). When he said it, he said, "It looks like a wasp!" And this is how Vespa was born." We visited the headquarters of ...