Del Norte Public Library

"The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force's first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot's wings at Vance Air Force Base and was...

Elinor Smith, who first flew in a "flying machine" when she was six, earns her aviation license at the age of sixteen in 1928, and when male pilots and newspapermen mock her abilities, she performs the daring maneuver of flying under all four of New York City's East River bridges.

Tells the stories of pioneering women who defied convention and made contributions to the field of aviation by becoming pilots and astronauts.

The world knew Charles Lindbergh as a daring aviator, Pulitzer Prize--winning author, and controversial isolationist in World War II. His wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was a bestselling author. To their five children they were Father, never Daddy, and Mother. Charles, a stern yet loving father, was surprisingly affectionate and playful; Anne provided a great, gentling love. With remarkable candor, their youngest daughter provides a rare, intimate look...

A celebration of an aviation pioneer whose spunky, courageous personality helped her successor's dreams take flight.

Captures the spirit of a young Amelia Earhart as she follows the dreams that will one day earn her a place in American history as one of the world's first female pilots and one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed adventurers.

In 1912, airplanes looked like bicycles with wings. Only men flew these scary new machines. When a spirited young woman named Harriet Quimby decided to learn to fly, everyone said it would be too dangerous. But Harriet tried it anyway! She was the first woman in the United States to earn her pilot's license. Soon the whole country was just wild about her! Harriet loved the attention and designed a purple flight suit to stand out even more. Before...

Discusses the various theories surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and what is being done today as the search continues to discover what became of this famous female pilot.

A brief biography of the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean and to fly alone across the United States, as well as the first pilot to fly alone across the Pacific Ocean.