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Those Magnificent Women and Their Flying Machines

Author : Minnie Vaid
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789388874588
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book Those Magnificent Women and Their Flying Machines written by Minnie Vaid and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look into the lives, struggles and triumphs of the women scientists who spearheaded Mangalyaan--India's mission to Mars. In late 2013, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Mangalyaan--India's first inter-planetary mission--after just eighteen months, at a fraction of the cost of similar missions by foreign space agencies. The next year India became the first Asian nation to reach the Mars orbit and the first in the world to do so in its first attempt. This historic mission, among ISRO's other great successes, was spearheaded by the most talented, dedicated and badass group of women scientists that the world has ever seen. Nandini Harinath and Ritu Karidhal calculated the spacecraft's trajectory to Mars, besides overseeing the mission operations; Moumita Dutta and Minal Sampat designed the complex scientific instruments involved in the mission; while numerous other 'Wonder Women' have been instrumental in ISRO's other pathbreaking work. Those Magnificent Women and Their Flying Machines narrates the inspiring stories of these extraordinary women: how they overcame the naysayers and gender barriers in a field dominated by men to achieve the impossible. Now India is ready to launch Gaganyaan, its first space mission with humans on board, at least one of whom will be a woman. Women in science are set to reach for the stars--and beyond.

Magnificent Women and Flying Machines

Author : Sally Smith
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750999195
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Magnificent Women and Flying Machines written by Sally Smith and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Lively history of British women aviators.' Daily Mail 'Compelling stories of female pioneers whose soaring ambition achieved firsts in the field of aviation.' Britain Magazine 'This lovely book offers a welcome and enjoyable read and provides a timely testament for these unsung pioneers of aviation.' Maggie Appleton MBE, Chief Executive Officer, RAF Museum 'A real celebration of the women who defied tradition and followed their dreams into the sky. Readable and entertaining, this book is a worthy tribute to Britain's woman aviation pioneers.' Sharon Nicholson FRAeS, Chairwoman of the British Women Pilots' Association Just eighteen months after two Frenchmen made the world's first ever flight, a fearless British woman hopped into a flimsy balloon and flew across the London sky for nearly an hour. Since then, many other remarkable British women have decided to defy traditional society and follow their dreams to get into the sky. For the first time, Magnificent Women and Flying Machines tells the stories of the pioneers who achieved real firsts in various forms of aviation: in ballooning, parachuting, gliding, airships and fixed-wing flight – right up to a trip to the International Space Station! Full of entertaining adventure, here at last is a proper record of Britain's wonderful women of the air.

Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines

Author : Sally Van Wagenen Keil
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines written by Sally Van Wagenen Keil and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines

Author : Henrietta Heald
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783526793
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines written by Henrietta Heald and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Women have won their political independence. Now is the time for them to achieve their economic freedom too.’ This was the great rallying cry of the pioneers who, in 1919, created the Women’s Engineering Society. Spearheaded by Katharine and Rachel Parsons, a powerful mother and daughter duo, and Caroline Haslett, whose mission was to liberate women from domestic drudgery, it was the world’s first professional organisation dedicated to the campaign for women's rights. Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines tells the stories of the women at the heart of this group – from their success in fanning the flames of a social revolution to their significant achievements in engineering and technology. It centres on the parallel but contrasting lives of the two main protagonists, Rachel Parsons and Caroline Haslett – one born to privilege and riches whose life ended in dramatic tragedy; the other who rose from humble roots to become the leading professional woman of her age and mistress of the thrilling new power of the twentieth century: electricity. In this fascinating book, acclaimed biographer Henrietta Heald also illuminates the era in which the society was founded. From the moment when women in Britain were allowed to vote for the first time, and to stand for Parliament, she charts the changing attitudes to women’s rights both in society and in the workplace.

Fearless Flyer

Author : Heather Lang
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1635926807
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Fearless Flyer written by Heather Lang and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a thrilling moment in history when pioneering aviator Ruth Law attempted to do what no other aviator had done before: fly nonstop from Chicago to New York. On November 19, 1916, at 8:25 a.m., Ruth Law took off on a flight from Chicago to New York City that aviation experts thought was doomed. Sitting at the controls of her small bi-plane, exposed to the elements, Law battled fierce winds and numbing cold. When her engine ran out of fuel, she glided for two miles and landed at Hornell, New York. Even though she fell short of her goal, she had broken the existing cross-country distance record. And with her plane refueled, she got back in the air and headed for New York City where crowds waited to greet her. This story is perfect to share during Women's History Month or anytime during the year!

Women Aviators

Author : Bernard Marck
Publisher : Flammarion-Pere Castor
ISBN 13 : 9782080201485
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Women Aviators written by Bernard Marck and published by Flammarion-Pere Castor. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charts the history of women aviators, telling the stories of women who took to the skies, from pioneering hot air balloonist and pilot Marie Marvingt to Spationaut doctor Claudie Haignere.

Flying's Strangest Moments

Author : John Harding
Publisher : Robson
ISBN 13 : 1910232440
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Flying's Strangest Moments written by John Harding and published by Robson. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of flying is packed with incredible feats of bravery and endurance, human ingenuity and recklesness, mystery, romance and tragedy. From the first hot air balloons of the 18th century to the supersonic jet flights of today, magnificent men (and women) have taken their incredible flying machines ever higher, further and faster. This collection of wonderfully engaging tales of madness, bravery, inventiveness, disaster and triumph will take every aviation enthusiast on a whirlwind ride.

Balloonomania Belles

Author : Sharon Wright
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526708361
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Balloonomania Belles written by Sharon Wright and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning journalist Sharon Wright presents a fascinating account of the fabulous eighteenth and nineteenth-century female pioneers of balloon flight. More than a century before the first airplane took flight, women were heading for the heavens in crazy, inspired contraptions that brought both danger and glory. Women were in the vanguard of the “Balloonomania” craze that took hold in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, sweeping across Europe and then the world. Their exploits were a vital element of our first voyages into the sky. In a time when women’s lives were often severely limited by law and convention, these intrepid pioneers took on an exhilarating quest for spectacle, adventure, and danger. From the perilous ascent in 1784 by feisty French teenager Elisabeth Thible, female aeronauts have never looked back . . . or down. But who were these brave women who fearlessly—and scandalously—took to the air? In Balloonomania Belles, journalist Sharon Wright reveals the hair-raising adventures of the first flying women in a book that celebrates the brightest stars of an extraordinary era in human achievement.

Spitfire Women of World War Ii

Author : Giles Whittell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007235364
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Spitfire Women of World War Ii written by Giles Whittell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2008 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2007. The accounts of women who flew aircrafts for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) to the frontline of World War II. The women of Air Transport Auxillary came from every continent. They were not allowed into combat, but delivered warplanes to the male pilots who would fly them into battle.

The World's Most Magnificent Machines

Author : David Long
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571347207
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book The World's Most Magnificent Machines written by David Long and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The longest ship ever built, the heaviest digger and the largest aeroplane, the world's first working motorcar, and its most expensive one. What machines like these have in common is that they all say a lot about the inventiveness and imagination of the people who conceived and created them. Some of them are useful, others are just a bit of fun, but the best ones are truly magnificent, and fascinating to discover. Designed to drive faster, fly higher, carry more cargo or - in the case of space rockets - travel hundreds of thousands of miles to places no-one has ever been before, not every idea has worked but the best have been inspired and inspirational, and in a few cases they have gone on to change the world. It is the human stories and atmospheric art that make this a book to actually read and delight in.

The Woman who Rode the Wind

Author : Ed Leefeldt
Publisher : Lighter Than Air, L.P.
ISBN 13 : 9780967953519
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book The Woman who Rode the Wind written by Ed Leefeldt and published by Lighter Than Air, L.P.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THOSE MAGNIFICENT WOMEN & THEIR FLYING M

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789388874007
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book THOSE MAGNIFICENT WOMEN & THEIR FLYING M written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Female Approach

Author : Ronald Searle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book The Female Approach written by Ronald Searle and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Soldier and a Woman

Author : Gerard J.De Groot
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131787644X
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier and a Woman written by Gerard J.De Groot and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of women's role in the military is extremely topical. A Woman and a Soldier covers the experiences of women in the military from the late mediaeval period to the present day. Written in two volumes this comprehensive guide covers a wide range of wars: The Thirty Years War, the French and Indian Wars in Northern America, the Anglo-Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, the Long March in China, and the Vietnam War. There are also thematic chapters, including studies of terrorism and contemporary military service. Taking a multidisciplinary approach: historical, anthropological, and cultural, the book shows the variety of arguments used to support or deny women's military service and the combat taboo. In the process the book challenges preconceived notions about women's integration in the military and builds a picture of the ideological and practical issues surrounding women soldiers.

Wings, Women, and War

Author : Reina Pennington
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700615547
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Wings, Women, and War written by Reina Pennington and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units-grouped into separate fighter, dive bomber, and night bomber regiments-while also recruiting other women to fly with mostly male units. Their amazing story, fully recounted for the first time by Reina Pennington, honors a group of fearless and determined women whose exploits have not yet received the recognition they deserve. Pennington chronicles the creation, organization, and leadership of these regiments, as well as the experiences of the pilots, navigators, bomb loaders, mechanics, and others who made up their ranks, all within the context of the Soviet air war on the Eastern Front. These regiments flew a combined total of more than 30,000 combat sorties, produced at least thirty Heroes of the Soviet Union, and included at least two fighter aces. Among their ranks were women like Marina Raskova ("the Soviet Amelia Earhart"), a renowned aviator who persuaded Stalin in 1941 to establish the all-women regiments; the daredevil "night witches" who flew ramshackle biplanes on nocturnal bombing missions over German frontlines; and fighter aces like Liliia Litviak, whose twelve "kills" are largely unknown in the West. She also tells the story of Alexander Gridnev, a fighter pilot twice arrested by the Soviet secret police before he was chosen to command the women's fighter regiment. Pennington draws upon personal interviews and the Soviet archives to detail the recruitment, training, and combat lives of these women. Deftly mixing anecdote with analysis, her work should find a wide readership among scholars and buffs interested in the history of aviation, World War II, or the Russian military, as well as anyone concerned with the contentious debates surrounding military and combat service for women.

Soviet Life

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Soviet Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1990-05 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Release a Man for Combat

Author : Michaela Hampf
Publisher : Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar
ISBN 13 : 9783412206604
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Release a Man for Combat written by Michaela Hampf and published by Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. This book was released on 2010 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die etwa 150.000 Frauen, die im Zweiten Weltkrieg im Women's Army Corps Dienst taten, waren die ersten regularen Soldatinnen der US-Armee. Um mannliche Soldaten fur den Kampf freizusetzen, arbeiteten sie auch in traditionellen Mannerbereichen, etwa als Mechanikerinnen oder Pilotinnen in den USA, Afrika, Europa und Sudostasien. Die Autorin geht den Erfahrungen dieser Frauen nach, den militarischen und zivilen Diskursen uber Soldatinnen im Militar und dem Umgang der Armee mit soldatischer Weiblichkeit und weiblicher Sexualitat. Anhand von Regierungsdokumenten, Kriegsgerichtsprozessen, aber auch Selbstzeugnissen, Gedichten und Songs zeigt M. Michaela Hampf, wie umkampft die Konstruktion der Soldatin im Amerika der vierziger Jahre war und bis heute ist.