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Stars of the Sky, Legends All: Illustrated Histories of Women Aviation Pioneers

Stars of the Sky, Legends All: Illustrated Histories of Women Aviation Pioneers
By Ann Lewis Cooper

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A Tribute to the Women Leaders in Aviation and Aerospace: MARY FEIK and MAJ NICOLE MALACHOWSKI and 48 others!

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With the full force of culture and convention ranged against them, women have nonetheless been taking to the air almost from the first. Stars of the Sky celebrates the wildly daring, the pioneering, and the implacably determined women who have made their mark in aviation. Fifty illustrated profiles recount the accomplishments of women who were the first to fly solo around the world, pilot a USAF Thunderbird, manage an airline, and design aircraft, as well as the singular contributions of others, from a flight surgeon and a daredevil sky-writer to an Eskimo Bush pilot, air traffic controller, and golden age Air Racer.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #810990 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-03-15
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 160 pages

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From the Back Cover
Women have been integral to the history of aviation from its start. Despite diverse backgrounds and differing talents and inclinations, women have performed and succeeded at a variety of essential roles: pilot, navigator, air traffic controller, engineer, mechanic, executive, financier, astronaut. Determined to participate and contribute, they have shared many essential characteristics - Courage and Conviction, Competence and Compassion, Communication and Commitment, Character and Competition, Curiosity and Conquest. While alike in these important qualities, each is a unique individual. Readers who seek excitement, bravery, and accomplishment in their heroines will find them in the remarkable episodes in STARS OF THE SKY, Legends All. Each story underscores the enviable strengths of an amazing woman, an individual passionately involved in living life fully. Each is esteemed by her peers and has followed her own pathway to success. STARS OF THE SKY links their similarities and exposes their differences. Each story -- a pivotal event in the life of one who braved the sky -- has been captured by Ann Cooper in compelling prose. Sharon Rajnus, in artwork created for this book, has convincingly and artistically depicted these incredible achievers. Read their stories, admire their accomplishments, and learn from their exploits.

"No book could be more appropriate to Ann's skills than this one, STARS OF THE SKY, Legends All, for she has her finger on both the pulse of the nation and the steady heartbeat of aviation history. Ann combines an understanding of aviation with a deeply felt empathy for those women who have made real contributions to the discipline."

--Walter Boyne, Author, Historian, Former Director of the National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian, 2007 Enshrinee in National Aviation Hall of Fame.

"Sharon Rajnus is the perfect choice for the creation of art documenting stories of Women in Aviation. Sharon is not only an accomplished artist and a superb watercolorist with long experience painting aviation subjects, she has been both pilot and artist for over thirty years." --Keith Ferris, Founder and Past President, American Society of Aviation Artists.

About the Author

Ann Cooper has a varied background in aviation, business, writing, and the military. Her first publication was a joint one with her husband Charlie, Tuskegee's Heroes

, Featuring the Aviation Art of Roy La Grone. Ann is a certified flight instructor and accomplished author with five other books and more than seven hundred magazine articles to her credit. She lives in Dayton, Ohio.

          Sharon Rajnus is not only an accomplished artist with long experience painting aviation subjects, she has also been both pilot and artist for over thirty years. Her most recent honors include "Director's Choice" in the art competition at the National Museum of Naval Aviation and "Best of Show" at the SimuFlite Competition in Texas. A resident of Oregon with her pilot husband Donald, Sharon is a member of the Crater Lake Ninety-Nines and personally lives the life of a woman in aviation.  She lives in Malin, Oregon.

 

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