September 2: Ten women graduated from UPT Class 77-08, earning their silver wings for the United States Air Force. The women who started and graduated were Connie Engel, Kathy LaSauce, Mary Donahue, Susan Rogers, Christine Schott, Sandra Scott, Victoria Crawford, Mary Livingston, Carol Scherer and Kathleen Rambo.[135] November: President Carter signs a bill giving all former WASPS World War II veterans' status.[87] Beverly Drake and Cheryl Pickering became the first two women pilots of the Guyana Defence Force.[136][137] Beverley Drake of Guyana was the first female pilot of the Guyana Airways Corporation.[138] Barbara Adams of Guyana became the first licensed woman helicopter pilot in her country after training in Scotland.[139]