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Book

Women aviators : 26 stories of pioneer flights, daring missions, and record-setting journeys

Call Number

  • 629.13 G4495 TEEN (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2013]

Physical Description

234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Summary

Profiles the lives and careers of twenty-six women who were pioneers in the field of aviation.

Contents

  • PART I: Pioneers of aviation.
  • Baroness de Laroche: "Bird Woman"
  • Harriet Quimby: First woman to fly across the English Channel
  • Bessie Coleman: Queen Bess
  • Neta Snook: The woman who taught Amelia to fly
  • PART II: The golden age of flight.
  • Amelia Earhart: The most famous female aviator in the world
  • Louise Thaden: Women's Air Derby winner
  • Bobbi Trout: From service station to airfield
  • Elinor Smith: The Flying Flapper of Freeport
  • Edna Gardner Whyte: Nothing could stop her from flying
  • Katherine Cheung: The first licensed Asian American woman pilot
  • Beryl Markham: African bush pilot crosses Atlantic
  • Willa Brown: Integrating the US Armed Forces
  • PART III: Wartime and military flying.
  • Jacqueline Cochran: Women pilots can make a difference
  • Violet Cowden: Determined WASP
  • Valentina Grizodubova: The Soviet Amelia Earhart
  • Hanna Reitsch: The world's first female test pilot
  • PART IV: All part of the job.
  • Pancho Barnes: Stunt flyer extraordinaire
  • Lynn Rippelmeyer & Beverly Burns: Airline pilot captains
  • Wally Funk: Air safety investigator
  • Patty Wagstaff: Aerobatic firefighter
  • Ingrid Pedersen: Polar bush pilot
  • PART V: Making a difference.
  • Ruth Nichols: Relief Wings in times of disaster
  • Fay Gillis Wells: Promoting world friendship through flying
  • Jennifer Murray: Helicopter flying for charity
  • Ida Van Smith: Teaching children to fly
  • Jerrie Cobb: Missionary pilot.

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