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22) Violet the pilot
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Young Violet's only friend is her dog, Orville, until one of her homemade flying machines takes her to the rescue of a Boy Scout troop in trouble.
24) Fly, Bessie, fly
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the woman who, in 1921, became the first African American to earn a pilot's license.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The mostly-unknown tale of Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb-two accomplished aviatrixes, one generation apart, who each dreamed of being the first woman in space, but along the way battled their egos, their expectations, and ultimately the patriarchal society that stood between them and the stars.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The ... true story of Tammie Jo Shults's remarkable life--from growing up the daughter of a humble rancher, to breaking through gender barriers as one of the Navy's first female F/A-18 Hornet pilots, to safely landing the severely crippled Southwest Airlines Flight 1380"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The pilot flies the airplane along with his co-pilot. He has to make sure the passengers arrive safely. That's why he has to keep an eye on things like the altitude and the planes speed during the flight. The airport control towers that he passes over tell him how and where he has to take off, fly and land. An instructive, engaging picture book for toddlers about airline pilots.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Skeletons at the Feast, and Secrets of Eden, comes a riveting and dramatic ghost story. In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with 39 six-inch-long carriage bolts. The home's new owners are Chip and Emily Linton and their twin ten-year-old daughters. Together they hope to rebuild their lives there after Chip, an airline...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort 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...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
At the height of World War II, the US Army Airforce faced a desperate need for skilled pilots-but only men were allowed in military airplanes, even if the expert pilots who were training them to fly were women. Through grit and pure determination, 1,100 of these female pilots-who had to prove their worth time and time again-were finally allowed to ferry planes from factories to bases, to tow targets for live ammunition artillery training, to test...
36) Skyward
Author
Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father being labeled a deserter.
38) Cytonic
Author
Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Fighter pilot Spensa Nightshade has been embroiled in an alien empire's war and now, to figure out what she really is, she must leave her world behind to enter the Nowhere, a mysterious realm from which those who enter rarely ever return.
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