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245 10 a| Women aviators :b| 26 stories of pioneer flights, daring missions, and record-setting journeys / Karen Bush Gibson.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| 234 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| Women of action series;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

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505 0 a| PART I: Pioneers of aviation. -- Baroness de Laroche: "Bird Woman" -- Harriet Quimby: First woman to fly across the English Channel -- Bessie Coleman: Queen Bess -- Neta Snook: The woman who taught Amelia to fly -- PART II: The golden age of flight. -- Amelia Earhart: The most famous female aviator in the world -- Louise Thaden: Women's Air Derby winner -- Bobbi Trout: From service station to airfield -- Elinor Smith: The Flying Flapper of Freeport -- Edna Gardner Whyte: Nothing could stop her from flying -- Katherine Cheung: The first licensed Asian American woman pilot -- Beryl Markham: African bush pilot crosses Atlantic -- Willa Brown: Integrating the US Armed Forces -- PART III: Wartime and military flying. -- Jacqueline Cochran: Women pilots can make a difference -- Violet Cowden: Determined WASP -- Valentina Grizodubova: The Soviet Amelia Earhart -- Hanna Reitsch: The world's first female test pilot -- PART IV: All part of the job. -- Pancho Barnes: Stunt flyer extraordinaire -- Lynn Rippelmeyer & Beverly Burns: Airline pilot captains -- Wally Funk: Air safety investigator -- Patty Wagstaff: Aerobatic firefighter -- Ingrid Pedersen: Polar bush pilot -- PART V: Making a difference. -- Ruth Nichols: Relief Wings in times of disaster -- Fay Gillis Wells: Promoting world friendship through flying -- Jennifer Murray: Helicopter flying for charity -- Ida Van Smith: Teaching children to fly -- Jerrie Cobb: Missionary pilot.;

520 a| Profiles the lives and careers of twenty-six women who were pioneers in the field of aviation.;

650 0 a| Women air pilotsv| Juvenile biography.=| ^A400539;

650 0 a| Women air pilotsx| Historyv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A400539;

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

Author/creator	Gibson, Karen Bush
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2013.
Description	234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Women air pilots--Juvenile biography. Women air pilots--History. --Juvenile literature.

Series	Women of action series Women of action (Chicago, Ill.) ^A1192407
Contents	PART I: Pioneers of aviation. -- Baroness de Laroche: "Bird Woman" -- Harriet Quimby: First woman to fly across the English Channel -- Bessie Coleman: Queen Bess -- Neta Snook: The woman who taught Amelia to fly -- PART II: The golden age of flight. -- Amelia Earhart: The most famous female aviator in the world -- Louise Thaden: Women's Air Derby winner -- Bobbi Trout: From service station to airfield -- Elinor Smith: The Flying Flapper of Freeport -- Edna Gardner Whyte: Nothing could stop her from flying -- Katherine Cheung: The first licensed Asian American woman pilot -- Beryl Markham: African bush pilot crosses Atlantic -- Willa Brown: Integrating the US Armed Forces -- PART III: Wartime and military flying. -- Jacqueline Cochran: Women pilots can make a difference -- Violet Cowden: Determined WASP -- Valentina Grizodubova: The Soviet Amelia Earhart -- Hanna Reitsch: The world's first female test pilot -- PART IV: All part of the job. -- Pancho Barnes: Stunt flyer extraordinaire -- Lynn Rippelmeyer & Beverly Burns: Airline pilot captains -- Wally Funk: Air safety investigator -- Patty Wagstaff: Aerobatic firefighter -- Ingrid Pedersen: Polar bush pilot -- PART V: Making a difference. -- Ruth Nichols: Relief Wings in times of disaster -- Fay Gillis Wells: Promoting world friendship through flying -- Jennifer Murray: Helicopter flying for charity -- Ida Van Smith: Teaching children to fly -- Jerrie Cobb: Missionary pilot.
Abstract	Profiles the lives and careers of twenty-six women who were pioneers in the field of aviation.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Interest age level	12+
LCCN	2013007554
ISBN	9781613745403 (cloth)
ISBN	1613745400 (cloth)

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