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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1563112035
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (631 download)
Download or read book The Ninety-Nines Inc. written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keith O'Brien
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1328618420
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (286 download)
Download or read book Fly Girls written by Keith O'Brien and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NPR correspondent Keith O' Brien comes this thrilling Young Readers' edition of the untold story about pioneering women, including Amelia Earhart, who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s--and won. In the years between World War I and World War II, airplane racing was one of the most popular sports in America. Thousands of fans flocked to multiday events, and the pilots who competed in these races were hailed as heroes. Well, the male pilots were hailed. Women who flew planes were often ridiculed by the press, and initially they weren't invited to race. Yet a group of women were determined to take to the sky--no matter what. With guts and grit, they overcame incredible odds both on the ground and in the air to pursue their dreams of flying and racing planes. Fly Girls follows the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a highâe'school dropout from North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, a daughter of Wall Street wealth who longed to live a life of her own; and Louise Thaden, who got her start selling coal in Wichita. Together, they fought for the chance to race against the men--and in 1936 one of them would triumph in the toughest raceof all. Complete with photographs and a glossary, Fly Girls celebrates a little-known slice of history wherein tenacious, trail-blazing women braved all obstacles to achieve greatness.
Author : Louise Sacchi
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ocean Flying written by Louise Sacchi and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1979 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amelia Earhart
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 0897337859
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (973 download)
Download or read book The Fun of It written by Amelia Earhart and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of the famous flyer which describes her own ambitions to become a pilot and offers advice to others.
Author : Laura Savino
Publisher : Freedom Forge Press
ISBN 13 : 9781940553115
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (531 download)
Download or read book Jet Boss written by Laura Savino and published by Freedom Forge Press. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Laura Savino takes you directly into the cockpit for an exclusive look into the boy's club of airline pilots-told through the eyes of the first female pilot many of them ever flew with."No math," Laura's counselor told her in high school. "That would ruin your GPA." Laura had other plans. One teenage act of rebellion changed everything for her at a time when STEM opportunities for women were rare. If passengers on a commercial jet had trouble imagining a woman flight engineer - which Laura became - imagine their disbelief to see her as the pilot flying their widebody jet around the world.She exposes both the harsh truths and the exciting adventure of her years in the airline industry as a commercial pilot, reveals the emotional impact of 9/11 on pilots, and writes honestly about what it means to be a working mother while keeping her dreams alive.Laura's powerful story is a blueprint for how to defy expectations and follow your inner compass to do things you never thought possible.
Author : Ninety-Nines (Organization)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (79 download)
Download or read book History of the Ninety-Nines, Inc written by Ninety-Nines (Organization) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Erin Seidemann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1631528270
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Postcards from the Sky written by Erin Seidemann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aviation world is a man’s world—it always has been, and it continues to be so today. In fact, women make up a mere 5 to 6 percent of the total pilot population worldwide. But from the first time Erin Seidemann experienced what it was like to see the world from a small plane’s perspective, she was hooked—and she’s spent much of her time since then fighting her way into becoming one of that 5 to 6 percent. Postcards from the Sky: Adventures of an Aviatrix tells of the struggles and adventures one encounters as a woman in the male-dominated space of aviation. With humor and equanimity, Seidemann recounts her varied experiences as a female pilot—from the chauvinistic flight instructor she makes the mistake of falling in love with to the many, many customs agents who insist she can’t possibly be her plane’s owner (“Where’s your boyfriend?”)—while at the same time giving insight about just what makes flying so incredible . . . and so very addictive. Frank, funny, and full of adventure, Postcards from the Sky is an entertaining foray into a world few women have dared enter.
Author : Nina Anderson
Publisher : Safe Goods
ISBN 13 : 1884820948
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Flying Above the Glass Ceiling written by Nina Anderson and published by Safe Goods. This book was released on 2009 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Above the Glass Ceiling chronicles the accomplishments of pioneering women flyers and distaff members of the aviation industry from the 1800s to the present, noting their specific struggles because they entered a man's profession! Their personal stories, determination, passion, triumphs, and disappointments provide insight into what kept them moving toward their dream. This book gives hope to everyone who has the qualifications to achieve his or her career goal.
Author : Amelia Earhart
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307715930
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Last Flight written by Amelia Earhart and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-12-22 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amelia Earhart's account of her ill-fated last flight around the world, begun in 1937, remains one of the most moving and absorbing adventure stories of all time. Last Flight compiles the letters, diary entries and charts that she sent to her husband, G.P. Putnam at each stage of her trip. In her own words, these dispatches offer a window into her experience on this ground-breaking journey and illustrate her cheerful, charming nature. Her story continues to intrigue and inspire people to this day.
Author : Amy Shira Teitel
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1538716038
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)
Download or read book Fighting for Space written by Amy Shira Teitel and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. When the space age dawned in the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more propeller and jet flying records than any pilot of the twentieth century—man or woman. She had led the Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots during the Second World War, was the first woman to break the sound barrier, ran her own luxury cosmetics company, and counted multiple presidents among her personal friends. She was more qualified than any woman in the world to make the leap from atmosphere to orbit. Yet it was Jerrie Cobb, twenty-five years Jackie's junior and a record-holding pilot in her own right, who finagled her way into taking the same medical tests as the Mercury astronauts. The prospect of flying in space quickly became her obsession. While the American and international media spun the shocking story of a "woman astronaut" program, Jackie and Jerrie struggled to gain control of the narrative, each hoping to turn the rumored program into their own ideal reality—an issue that ultimately went all the way to Congress. This dual biography of audacious trailblazers Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb presents these fascinating and fearless women in all their glory and grit, using their stories as guides through the shifting social, political, and technical landscape of the time.
Author : Deborah G. Douglas
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813182697
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book American Women and Flight since 1940 written by Deborah G. Douglas and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Individual women’s stories enliven almost every page” of this comprehensive illustrated reference, now updated, from the National Air and Space Museum (Technology and Culture). Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning. But until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. “It is on the record that women can fly as well as men,” stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. Then the question became “Should women fly?” Deborah G. Douglas tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led to the formation of the Women’s Army Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II to the more recent achievements of Jeannie Flynn, the Air Force’s first woman fighter pilot and Eileen Collins, NASA’s first woman shuttle commander, Douglas introduces a host of determined women who overcame prejudice and became military fliers, airline pilots, and air and space engineers. Not forgotten are stories of flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and mechanics. American Women and Flight since 1940 is a revised and expanded edition of a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reference work. Long considered the single best reference work in the field, this new edition contains extensive new illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.
Author : Katherine Sharp Landdeck
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN 13 : 1524762814
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book The Women with Silver Wings written by Katherine Sharp Landdeck and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 2020 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling true story of the daring female aviators who helped the United States win World War II--only to be forgotten by the country they served. When Japanese planes executed a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Cornelia had escaped Nashville's debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Cornelia was one of the first to respond. She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army's rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings. In The Women with Silver Wings, historian Katherine Sharp Landdeck introduces us to these young women as they meet even-tempered, methodical Nancy Love and demanding visionary Jacqueline Cochran, the trailblazing pilots who first envisioned sending American women into the air, and whose rivalry would define the Women Airforce Service Pilots. For women like Cornelia, it was a chance to serve their country--and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled and able as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight of them would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran's social experiment seemed to be a resounding success--until, with the tides of war turning and fewer male pilots needed in Europe, Congress clipped the women's wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they'd forged never failed, and over the next few decades, they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were--and for their place in history.
Author : Louise Thaden
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839740353
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)
Download or read book High, Wide and Frightened written by Louise Thaden and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High, Wide and Frightened, first published in 1938, is pioneering aviator Louise Thaden's account of her adventures in the early days of flying. Thaden (1905-1979) earned her pilot's certificate in 1928 and would go on to win numerous long-distance air-races, and set numerous records for high-elevation and long-endurance flights. This edition includes the chapter entitled "Noble Experiment," (omitted from later reissues of the book), which describes Thaden's vision on the use of women in combat. In the final chapter of the book, Thaden describes her friendship with Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean.
Author : Stacy T. Geere
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781578646357
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (463 download)
Download or read book Lucky Me written by Stacy T. Geere and published by . This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wally Funk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (691 download)
Download or read book Higher, Faster, Longer written by Wally Funk and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since she was a girl in a Superman cape jumping off the family barn and stargazing from the slopes of Taos Mountain, Wally Funk has kept going higher, faster, and longer every time she has seen an opportunity. In college, Wally soared through the aviation program, landing herself a flight instructor position after graduation. From there, she set a record in astronaut testing which she passed with flying colors. The scuttling of the Mercury 13 program didn't stop Wally, who used her dreams to fuel an adventure-studded life. Traveling the world, shattering glass ceilings, and always keeping one eye on the stars, Wally relentlessly and joyfully reached higher, flew faster, and traveled longer on her way to space. For the first time in her own words, here is the stellar story of a truly unique American space pioneer.
Author : Penny Hamilton
Publisher : Mountaintop Legacy Press
ISBN 13 : 9780578307251
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)
Download or read book 101 Trailblazing Women of Air and Space written by Penny Hamilton and published by Mountaintop Legacy Press. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Adult Nonfiction history of women in aviation with International appeal for readers interested in women pilots and female astronaut history. Packed with easy-to-read, true stories of historic International women aviators and female astronauts of the world. Historic female pilots and women astronauts from America, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, and Russia. Illustrated with over 110 unique photographs of International women aviators and female space history makers in a pictorial format. Filled with powerful and inspiring true stories of International women aviators and female astronauts from the early days of aviation to today's astronauts. Learn about important history-making, International women aviators, and female astronauts blazing sky and space trails over the last 100 years. True stories of real women of aviation history informs readers. Learning more about the many and significant contributions women aviators and female astronauts make in the aviation and space industry opens readers to new possibilities in their own careers. Historic female aviation and space trailblazers will amaze readers interested in true stories of inspiring and talented female aviation and space pioneers. Readers will understand important lessons learned from International women pilots and female astronauts. Enjoy a comfortable journey of discovery of women's aviation space history in an easy-to-read pictorial format. Unique, true stories of International female pilots and women astronauts. Extensive bibliography and on-line resources provides opportunity for further exploration of the history of women in aviation and female space history. Researched and written by award-winning International women's aviation and female space historian, Dr. Penny Rafferty Hamilton, 101 Trailblazing Women of Air and Space reveals aviation and space history seldom published in other contemporary books about female aviators and women astronauts. Dr. Hamilton, a highly-acclaimed photographer, organized true stories of International female pilots and astronauts in an easy to read pictorial format. Great gift for women in aviation and space industries. Epic Flight Academy educational project.
Author : Ghazzālī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God written by Ghazzālī and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, here presented in a complete English edition for the first time, the problem of knowing God is confronted in an original and stimulating way. Taking up the Prophet's teaching that 'Ninety-nine Beautiful Names' are truly predicated of God, Ghazali explores the meaning and resonance of each of these divine names, and reveals the functions they perform both in the cosmos and in the soul of the spiritual adept. Although some of the book is rigorously analytical, the author never fails to attract the reader with his profound mystical and ethical insights, which, conveyed in his sincere and straightforward idiom, have made of this book one of the perennial classics of Muslim thought, popular among Muslims to this day. This volume won a British Book Design and Production Award in 1993.
