Haverhill Public Library

Women aviators, 26 stories of pioneer flights, daring missions, and record-setting journeys / Karen Bush Gibson

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

12+

non fiction

Women aviators

bibliography

818318396

Women of action series

26 stories of pioneer flights, daring missions, and record-setting journeys / Karen Bush Gibson

Profiles the lives and career's of twenty-six women who were pioneers in the field of aviation

PART 1: Pioneers of Aviation -- "Bird Woman" / Baroness de Laroche -- First Woman to Fly Across the English Channel / Harriet Quimby -- Queen Bess / Bessie Coleman -- The Woman Who Taught Amelia to Fly / Neta Snook -- PART 2 : The Golden Age of Flight -- The Most Famous Female Aviator in the World / Amelia Earhart -- Women's Air Derby Winner / Louise Thaden -- From Service Station to Airfield / Bobbi Trout -- The Flying Flapper of Freeport / Elinor Smith -- Nothing Could Stop Her from Flying / Edna Gardner Whyte -- The First Licensed Asian American Woman Pilot / Katherine Cheung -- African Bush Pilot Crosses Atlantic / Beryl Markham -- Integrating the US Armed Forces / Willa Brown -- PART 3 : Wartime and Military Flying -- Women Pilots Can Make a Difference / Jacqueline Cochran -- Determined WASP / Violet Cowden -- The Soviet Amelia Earhart / Valentina Grizodubova -- The World's First Female Test Pilot / Hanna Reitsch -- PART 4 : All Part of the Job -- Stunt Flyer Extraordinaire / Pancho Barnes -- Airline Pilot Captains / Lynn Rippelmeyer & Beverly Burns -- Air Safety Investigator / Wally Funk -- Aerobatic Firefighter / Patty Wagstaff -- Polar Bush Pilot / Ingrid Pedersen -- PART 5 : Making a Difference -- Relief Wings in Times of Disaster / Ruth Nichols -- Promoting World Friendship through Flying / Fay Gillis Wells -- Helicopter Flying for Charity / Jennifer Murray -- Teaching Children to Fly / Ida Van Smith -- Missionary Pilot / Jerrie Cobb

juvenile