Flygirl

After the exam, Lily meets up with Ida. Instructor Jenkins tells Ida she passed, and Lily teases Ida for blushing. Lily and Ida decide to wait for Patsy, but they realize she should be back by now and are starting to get nervous. If it takes too long for her to return, she could flunk the test. Finally, they see Patsy’s plane come in, along with Instructor Martin. Patsy is crying. She explains that Instructor Martin made her do all the tricks from the first day, rolls and loops, which shouldn’t have been part of today’s test. Still, Patsy performed every trick perfectly, and finally, Instructor Martin had to pass her. Lily asks Patsy why she’s crying, and she explains that they are tears of joy.

After the test, everyone decides to go to the Avengerette Club, a honky-tonk bar in town, to celebrate. Ida, Patsy, and Lily get ready together, putting on dresses and makeup for the first time since they arrived. Before they leave, Ida slips some stationary into her pocket so that she can write home and tell her mother and Grandy that she passed basic training. As Ida waits to leave the barracks, she runs into a woman named Melanie Michaels, who is crying.