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Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history

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  • Running Time: 12:18 hrs
    Narrator: Erin Bennett
    Publisher:
    HighBridge, 2018
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Running Time: 12:18 hrs
    Narrator: Erin Bennett
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: O'Brien, Keith
    Contributor: Bennett, Erin
    Date:
    Created
    2018
    Summary:

    Like Hidden Figures and Girls of Atomic City, Fly Girls celebrates a little-known slice of history wherein tenacious, trail-blazing women braved all obstacles to achieve greatness.

    Contents:
    • Miracle of Wichita
    • Devotedly, Ruth
    • Real and natural, every inch
    • Fortune of the air
    • Bravest of the fair, fairest of the brave
    • Flying salesgirls
    • Right sort of girl
    • City of destiny
    • If this is to be a derby
    • There is only one Cleveland
    • Good eggs
    • Mr. Putnam and me
    • Law of fate
    • Give a girl credit
    • Grudge flight
    • Spetakkel
    • All things being equal
    • That's what I think of wives flying
    • They'll be in our hair
    • Playing hunches
    • A woman couldn't win
    • Top of the hill.
    Genre:
    Biographies and autobiographies, History and geography
    Subject(s): Air shows | Women air pilots
    Original Publisher: [Prince Frederick], HighBridge
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781684412594, 1684412595