Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation (Images of Aviation)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (578 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 073851022X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York, and a historian member of the OX-5 Aviation Pioneers. House, a former teacher and school administrator, is curator of the Glenn H. Kirk W. . Curtiss: Aviation Pioneer. House, Glenn H. Professional photographer Charles R. He is the author of Penn Yan and Keuka Lake, Hammondsport and Keuka Lake, and with coauthor Kirk W. Mitchell, who is retired from Corning Inc., is associated with the Oliver House Museum in Penn Yan,
This book could have been so much more. Amazon Customer Wonderful photographs of female aviation pioneers, but I was hoping for more written story. After awhile, the photos are a distraction.. Real Unsung Heroes It is a shame that so few of today's young women are taught the lessons that can be learned from the female pioneers of aviation. These girls were so far ahead of their time and stepping so far out of the social mores that they make today's female leaders look like . Very informative pictorial of the early women flyers. Combine Very informative pictorial of the early women flyers. Combine this with Lebow's "Before Amelia" and a reader will begin to understand the role women played in the development of aviation. A definite recommendation!
These stories of the first female flyers are told in rare, vintage photographs, many previously unpublished, from the archives of the Glenn H. What could bring more freedomthan a chance to fly? Women went up in those early wire-andfabric contraptions to gain independence, to make money, or to make their names as pilots. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation tells the story of Blanche Stuart Scott, who made $5,000 a week andbroke forty-one bones; of Harriet Quimby, who flew the English Channel handily and then fell to her death in five feet of water near Boston Harbor; of Ruth Law and Katherine Stinson, who set American distance flying recordsall before any of them were allowed to vo
Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York, and a historian member of the OX-5 Aviation Pioneers. Mitchell, who is retired from Corning Inc., is associated with the Oliver House Museum in Penn Yan, New York. House, a former teacher and school administrator, is curator of the Glenn H. Curtiss: Aviation Pioneer. Kirk W. About the Author Professional photographer Charles R. . House, Glenn H. He is the author of Penn Yan and Keuka Lake, Hammondsport and Keuka Lake, and with coauthor Kirk W