All of the candidates were accomplished pilots; Lovelace and Cobb reviewed the records of over 700 women pilots in order to select candidates, and did not invite anyone with less than 1,000 hours of flight experience.
Lovelace e Cobb estudaron os rexistros de aproximadamente 700 pilotos mulleres, e non convidaron ningunha con menos de 1000 horas de experiencia de voo.