Best Liz Booker Pilot Podcasts (2024)

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Aviatrix Classics - A Pair of Wings about Bessie Coleman with special guest, author Captain Carole Hopson 1:13:22

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Send us a text In this Aviatrix Classics conversation with Guest Hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Captain Jenny Beatty, we welcome guest Carole Hopson, author of A Pair of Wings, to discuss the remarkable accomplishments of pioneering aviatrix Bessie Coleman. Despite all of the odds against her, Bessie learned to fly and earned her license in France in 19…

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U.S. Army AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots Laura Pangallo Fryar and Morgan Samuels talk about their careers and their picture book Be Something Epic 58:19

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Send us a text Don’t be fooled by the sweet cover of this picture book by U.S. Army AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots, Laura Pangallo Fryar (author) and Morgan Samuels (illustrator). In this interview we geek out on helicopter flying, military careers, “delivering justice” for U.S. ground forces, active duty parenthood, and creative pursuits—an…

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Alaska Bush and Glacier Pilot Kitty Banner Seemann talks about flying elite mountain climbers, hunters, and adventurers into remote locations in some of the most challenging conditions in the world. 1:14:33

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Send us a text In this conversation with Kitty Banner Seemann, we talk about her spectacular experiences flying as a bush and glacier pilot in Alaska in planes full of mountain climbers, hunters, and adventurers to remote locations in some of the most challenging flight conditions imaginable, all described in her book Wings of Her Dreams: Alaska Bu…

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Aviatrix Classics with guest hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Capt. Jenny Beatty - The Fun of It by Amelia Earhart 2:08:33

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Send us a text In this episode of Literary Aviatrix Classics with guest hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Capt. Jenny Beatty, we discuss The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation by Amelia Earhart. This book offers fascinating insights to where aviation was at the time the book was published and how Amelia and her contemporari…

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Aviatrix Writers' Room: Canadian pilot and author Lola Reid Allin talks about writing her memoir, Highway to the Sky, and hybrid publishing with She Writes Press 52:04

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Send us a text In this Literary Aviatrix Writers' Room interview with Lola Reid Allin, she talks about her writing journey including courses at Gotham Writers in NYC, overcoming the fear of sharing personal details, hybrid-publishing with She Writes Press, book launch promotion, and her lessons learned on the value of critique. 00:00 Book Release: …

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Book launch interview with Canadian pilot Lola Reid Allin about her memoir, Highway to the Sky: An Aviator's Journey, out on September 17th 2024 1:02:43

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Send us a text In this interview with Canadian pilot Lola Reid Allin, we talk about her new memoir, launching on September 17th, 2024. 00:00 Introduction and Book Launch 01:17 Synopsis and Reading 09:28 Lola's Aviation Career 11:59 Transitioning Beyond Flying 16:01 Inspiring Others: Why did you write the book? 17:34 Challenges and Discrimination: N…

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Aviatrix Writers' Room Picture Book Publishing Panel: Five authors share their journeys through traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing. 1:09:58

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Send us a text In this Picture Book Panel discussion, we hear from five recently published authors who navigated various routes to publication including traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing to get their stories into print. They very generously share those journeys with us here—everything from the decision about which route to go, to the editing…

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Aviatrix Classics with guest hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Captain Jenny Beatty: I Taught Amelia to Fly by Neta Snook Southern 1:52:36

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Send us a text Join guest hosts Jacque Boyd, Jenny Beatty, and me as we discuss this out-of-print treasure, Neta Snook Southern’s I Taught Amelia to Fly. Through Neta’s own aviation journey, we get a very special lens into the experiences of aspiring pilots in the U.S. as they pursued their dreams during and after WWI. Her childhood stories emphasi…

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Leadership & Development: Author Martha LaGuardia Kotite talks about her books So Others May Live, about U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers and Changing the Rules of Engagement, which features several aviatrix ... 1:09:33

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Send us a text In this interview with author and retired U.S. Coast Guard Captain Martha LaGuardia-Kotite, we talk about her career, which culminated in being recalled to active duty as the Commandant’s Press Secretary, then we get into her books - So Others May Live: Saving Lives, Defying Death; Changing the Rules of Engagement: Inspiring Stories …

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Aviatrix Classics discussion with Jacque Boyd and Jenny Beatty about Louise Thaden's memoir, High, Wide, and Frightened 1:15:54

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Send us a text In this Literary Aviatrix Classics discussion with co-hosts Jacque Boyd and Jenny Beatty, we discuss Louise Thaden’s memoir, High, Wide, and Frightened, first published in 1938, two years after Thaden won the Bendix in its first co-ed year. This is a quintessential read for every pilot and avgeek, anyone who loves history, and anyone…

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Aviatrix Writers' Room interview with bestselling author Maggie Shipstead on her classical writing education and publishing journey. 40:20

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Send us a text In this Literary Aviatrix Writers’ Room interview with best-selling author Maggie Shipstead we get into the details of her author journey. Maggie is an inspiration for anyone who aspires to be a professional writer. In our conversation, she talks about how a writing course with Zadie Smith during her undergrad at Harvard cemented her…

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Novelist Maggie Shipstead talks about the feral bootlegging, Alaska bush, and Air Transport Auxiliary pilot character, Marion Graves, from her best selling Great Circle. 39:16

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Send us a text In this interview with author Maggie Shipstead, we discuss her best-selling novel Great Circle. In this sweeping saga, we follow fictional pilot Marion Graves from her feral childhood in Montana where she first encounters a barnstorming pilot team and decides that flying is her life's purpose. She flies as a bootlegger transporting l…

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Aviatrix Classics - Introducing my co-hosts, Dr. Jacque Boyd, general aviation pilot and aerospace educator, and Captain Jenny Beatty, professional airline pilot and aviation diversity advocate, both self ... 1:02:37

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Send us a text Welcome to the new ‘Literary Aviatrix Classics’ series, where I discuss books written by and about our aviatrix pioneers with my venerable co-hosts, Dr. Jacque Boyd and Captain Jenny Beatty. In this interview, we get to know Jacque and Jenny, and we announce the subject of our first ‘Classics’ discussion. Dr. Jacque Boyd is an educat…

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Pilot Polly Vacher talks about her record-setting solo flight from the North Pole to Antarctica to raise funds for the charity Flying Scholarships for the Disabled 1:09:16

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Send us a text In this interview with inspiring pilot Polly Vacher, she talks about her memoir Wings Around the World: The Exhilarating Story of One Woman’s Epic Flight from the North Pole to Antarctica. She shares how she prepared for the trip, some of the obstacles that stood in her way and how she navigated them, the very difficult decision she …

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Prolific mystery writer Edith Maxwell, writing as Maddie Day, talks about her writing career and incorporating historical details about a young Amelia Earhart into her new novel A Case for the Ladies ... 35:30

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Send us a text In this fun interview with mystery writer Edith Maxwell, publishing under the pen name 'Maddie Day', we talk about her historical mystery, A Case for the Ladies: A Dot and Amelia Mystery, which launched in March. In it, a young Amelia Earhart, who is living in Boston, taking flying lessons on the weekends, and working at an immigrant…

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Bloomberg space journalist and author Loren Grush talks about her book The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts 43:51

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Send us a text In this interview with Bloomberg space journalist and author Loren Grush, we talk about her childhood growing up around Johnson Space Center with two NASA Engineers and how that led her to unearth the stories of NASA's first women astronauts. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my B…

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Aviatrix Writers' Room - New Zealand pilot and author Penelope Haines on going from Na-No-Wri-Mo participant to self-published author. 34:15

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Send us a text In this interview with self-published historical fiction and mystery/thriller author Penelope Haines, we talk details on going from Na-No-Wri-Mo participant to self-published author. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is avai…

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New Zealand flight instructor and author Penelope Haines on flying in the Land of the Long White Cloud and her Claire Hardcastle murder mystery Death on D'Urville 52:11

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Send us a text In this interview with New Zealand pilot, flight instructor and author, Penelope Haines, we discuss her mystery/thriller novel Death on D'Urville and talk all things flying and instructing in New Zealand! Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my webs…

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Award winning authors Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein talk about their exciting new collaborative Young Adult release, American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality 1:45:48

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Send us a text In this interview with all-star award-winning young adult authors Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein, they discuss their fabulously researched and written young adult non-fiction American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky. They give us a glimpse into this fascinating aviation history and …

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Aviatrix Writers' Room: Sara Ackerman on becoming a best-selling historical fiction author after having three novels rejected. 20:38

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Send us a text In this Aviatrix Writers’ Room interview with best-selling author Sara Ackerman, she shares how she went from three rejected, unpublished novels to finding an agent and becoming the successful author of six acclaimed historical fiction novels centered on Hawaiian history, including her latest release, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia W…

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Best-selling WWII historical fiction author Sara Ackerman reimagines the 1920's Dole Air Race to Hawaii with a female competitor in her new release The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West 19:24

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Send us a text In this interview with best-selling author Sara Ackerman, we talk about her latest historical novel, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West, set against the backdrop of the Dole Air Race from the Continental U.S. to Hawaii in the late 1920's. In this reimagined story, female competitor Olivia West joins the fray in a race that historica…

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Book Launch Interview - Decorated Veteran Army Helicopter Pilot Kodey Bogart talks about her flying career and her new picture book Helo Girls: The Firefighting Pilot 41:41

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Send us a text In this interview with helicopter pilot and author Kodey Bogart, we talk about her new picture book, Helo Girls: The Firefighting Pilot. Kodey is a decorated veteran Army Warrant Officer Medevac pilot and recipient of two Air Medals and the Sikorsky Rescue Award. She has extensive experience in a range of aviation operations, trainin…

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Soar Into Joy with my first 'Leadership and Development' series guest, US Navy S-3B Viking pilot and Tech Industry veteran Loree 'Rowdy' Draude, first wave of women to deploy on a carrier, and one-woman ... 1:27:23

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Send us a text Welcome to the new Literary Aviatrix Leadership and Development author interview series. Loree "Rowdy" Draude was a combat pilot among the first women to deploy on an aircraft carrier. She also navigated a very successful career in the tech sector. Now Loree brings her professional experiences together to help coach and inspire busin…

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Aviatrix Book Club 2024 Reading List Announcement 13:28

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Send us a text Announcing the FOURTH Aviatrix Book Club annual reading list! With so many fabulous books it's hard to choose only twelve. I hope you're as excited as I am about the diversity of genre, types of flying, and historical periods reflected in this list. I look forward to seeing you in the discussions. Happy Reading! Did you know you can …

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Author Leona Cobham, granddaughter of aviation pioneer Sir Alan Cobham, talks about her middle grade book Flying Circus Takes to the Skies, featuring four anthropomorphic vintage aircraft and their adventures ... 53:53

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Send us a text In this interview with Leona Cobham, granddaughter of pioneering pilot and aviation advocate, Sir Alan Cobham, we talk about her wonderful middle grade book, Flying Circus Takes to the Skies, which features the adventures of four anthropomorphic vintage aircraft: Spiff, the Spitfire; Vul, the Vulcan; Tom, the Tomcat; and Woody, the T…

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Aviatrix Book Club November 2024 - USAF Test Pilot and First Female NASA Space Shuttle Pilot & Commander, Col. Eileen Collins (ret.) talks about her journey from childhood to space, and her memoir, Through ... 1:34:07

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Send us a text In this interview with Astronaut Pilot Eileen Collins, she talks about her path, from her childhood in Elmira, New York, through community college and ROTC, to Air Force Flight Training, Instructing, a combat mission in Grenada, Stanford, and Test Pilot School, to becoming the first female, and mother, NASA Space Shuttle pilot and mi…

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Aviatrix Book Club October 2023 Coast Guard H65 Dauphin Helicopter Flight Mechanic Ashlee Leppert talks about rescue response during Hurricane Harvey, earning the Air Medal, and being an honored guest ... 38:47

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Send us a text In this interview with Coast Guard Aviation Electronics Technician and H65 Dolphin Helicopter Flight Mechanic, Ashlee Leppert, we talk about her memoir The Hurricane Within, which recounts her experiences in the Hurricane Harvey disaster response while she simultaneously endured troubling and mysterious physical symptoms that eventua…

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Aviatrix Book Club October 2023 UK RAF Chinook aircrew Liz McConaghy talks about her service in Iraq and Afghanistan and her subsequent mental health challenges in her memoir Chinook Crew Chick 50:27

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Send us a text In this interview with Liz McConaghy, we talk about her experiences serving as aircrew on RAF Chinooks in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the mental challenges she faced after being medically grounded and leaving the service, which she writes about in her memoir Chinook Crew 'Chick': Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving F…

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Book Launch: Former USAF F-16 Thunderbird no. 3 Demonstration Pilot and mom, Caroline ‘Blaze’ Jensen, talks about her new picture book THUNDERMOUSE 42:06

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Send us a text In this interview with USAF Academy graduate, F-16 combat veteran pilot, former no. 3 Thunderbird demonstration team pilot, and boy-mom, Caroline ‘Blaze’ Jensen, we talk about her sweet new picture book, Thundermouse, her career, and how she managed one of the most visible and demanding jobs imaginable as the mother of a toddler. Bla…

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Book Launch: Author Mary Carroll Moore talks about how her WWII WASP mother inspired her new thriller novel, A Woman's Guide to Search and Rescue, which features two modern-day female pilot characters 39:38

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Send us a text In this interview with author Mary Carroll Moore, we talk about her new book, A Woman’s Guide to Search and Rescue, which is available for preorder and launches on October 24th, 2023. In a former life, Mary was a syndicated food journalist who wrote many food and cooking-related articles and books. At fifty, she went back to school f…

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Author Nell McShane Wulfhart celebrates the unsung heroines of equal rights in the aviation industry and the women's movement in The Great Stewardess Rebellion 34:15

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Send us a text In the Aviatrix Book Club discussion book for September 2023, author Nell McShane Wulfhart gives us the previously unsung heroines of both the aviation industry and the women's rights movement: the airline stewardesses whose fight against blatant, unapologetic, institutionalized sexism laid the groundwork for equal rights beyond the …

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Writers' Room conversation with former travel-writer-turned-author, Nell McShane Wulfhart, on non-fiction book proposals, agents, and publishing with the Big Five 19:54

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Send us a text In this Writers' Room interview with Nell McShane Wulfhart, author of The Great Stewardess Rebellion, we talk about her journey as a travel writer and the transition from writing short form journalistic pieces to a full length narrative non-fiction history. She also shares the details of submitting a proposal, working through an agen…

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WP47: Pilot and author Erin Mariah Murphy talks about her early career path toward the airlines via an aviation degree program 9:35

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Send us a text In this portion of my interview with Erin Mariah Murphy about her picture book Halfway Home, she talks about her early career, learning to fly as a teenager and saving her money to pursue an aviation degree in college, where she also competed in the Air Race Classic. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me…

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AN22: Thriller novelist Sandy Parks talks about her writing routine and how to infiltrate the writers' conference circuit as a volunteer 9:51

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Send us a text In this excerpt from my Writers Room interview with thriller novelist Sandy Parks about her book Under the Radar. In it she shares how and when she found the time to write the several novels she's published over the years, and talk about her strategy for getting in front of agents in an organic way as a volunteer at writers' conferen…

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Aviatrix Book Club August 2023 Former Army helicopter pilot Connie Reeves talks about her thriller novel The Elimination Game, her career, and her contribution to the Military Fly Moms book. 1:06:13

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Send us a text In this interview with author and publisher Connie Reeves, a former Army helicopter pilot, we talk about her fiction thriller novel, The Elimination Game, and the book Military Fly Moms, an anthology of women’s stories compiled by Linda Maloney, published by Connie, and featuring yours truly along with many inspiring women military a…

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WP46: USAF Lockheed U-2 'Dragon Lady' reconnaissance pilot Merryl Tengesdal talks about the physiological effects of flying on the edge of space 6:19

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Send us a text In this portion of my interview with retired USAF Colonel Merryl Tengesdal about her book Shatter the Sky, she talks about the physical challenges and long term physiological effects flying the U-2 had on her and her fellow Dragon Lady pilots. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my …

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WP45: General aviation pilot Erin Seidemann talks about flying to The Bahamas 7:18

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Send us a text In this portion of my interview with Erin Seidemann about her memoir, Postcards from the Sky, she talks about flying as a general aviation pilot to the Bahamas. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is available on Bookshop.org,…

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AN21: Journalist and Author Kathy Mexted talks about the transition from article writing to longer form biographical sketch for her book Australian Women Pilots 8:18

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Send us a text In this portion of my Writers' Room interview with author Kathy Mexted about her book Australian Women Pilots, she talks about learning to trust her voice, put herself into a story, and present a subject in longer form to write this collection of ten biographical sketches of pioneering women pilots throughout the last hundred years o…

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WP44: Lauren Kessler reads about the 1929 Women's Transcontinental Air Race 5:52

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Send us a text In this portion of my interview with author Lauren Kessler, she does a reading from her book, The Happy Bottom Riding Club, that describes the 1929 Women’s Transcontinental Air Race. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is avai…

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WP43: Amy Goodpaster Strebe does a reading from her comparative study Flying for Her Country: The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of WWII 9:39

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Send us a text In this portion of my interview with author Amy Goodpaster Strebe, she does a reading from her book Flying for Her Country: The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of WWII. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is availabl…

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AN20: Amy Goodpaster Strebe on publishing an historical graduate school thesis on the WASP and Night Witches with a university press. 9:55

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Send us a text In this portion of my writers’ room interview with Amy Goodpaster Strebe, she talks about publishing her masters thesis, which was a comparative study of the Women Air Force Service Pilots and the Women who flew for Russia, including the Nacht Hexen or Night Witches, entitled Flying for Her Country. Did you know you can support your …

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WP42: Accessing WWII history through the stories of the Women Airforce Service Pilots with Tricia Aurand 5:31

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Send us a text In this portion of my interview with co-authors Raquel Ramsey and Tricia Aurand about the book Taking Flight: The Nadine Ramsey Story, Tricia shares the impact that working on this story and learning about the Women Airforce Service Pilots had on her and her understanding of the importance and continued relevance of WWII. Did you kno…

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WP41 Kathy Mexted talks about Australian Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Marty Gething, and Royal Flying Doctor Service pilot, Esther Veldestra 8:34

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Send us a text In this portion of my interview with Kathy Mexted about her book Australian Women Pilots, she talks about two of the women she highlights in the book: WWII ATA pilot Marty Gething and Royal Flying Doctor Service pilot Esther Veldestra. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop…

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Former US Army and Coast Guard helicopter pilot, Darcy Guyant, talks about his new picture book Into the Storm: The Coast Guard Adventures of Dolph and Gwen 26:25

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Send us a text In this interview with former US Army and Coast Guard helicopter pilot, Darcy Guyant, we talk about the inspiration behind his new picture book, Into the Storm: The Coast Guard Adventures of Dolph and Gwen. Since retiring, Darcy has found his passion volunteering at a local elementary school where he works with first graders. Encoura…

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AN19: Merryl Tengesdal’s memoir writing advice to women in aviation: “Just Do It. Go take a dive in the sea of uncomfortableness and start doing the back stroke.” 11:30

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Send us a text In this expert from my Writers’ Room interview with Merryl Tengesdal (which is actually S2E2), she shares her lessons learned from pressing to get her memoir published on a tight timeline driven by her appearance on the reality TV series, Tough as Nails, and she tells all of you out there who are on the fence about writing your memoi…

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WP40: Keith O'Brien on how Florence Klingensmith's menstrual cycle was cited as the probable cause of her air race crash, rather than the flawed design of the GeeBee 7:04

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Send us a text In this excerpt from my interview with author Keith O'Brien about his book Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History, he talks about the most blatant and egregious illustration of the misogyny and sexism of the day in his book, which he reveals with Florence Klingensmith' story. Did you know you can s…

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WP39: Historian Clare Mulley talks about gliding for research to describe Hanna Reitsch's aviation exploits, and how real and recent WWII feels through her research 6:00

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Send us a text In this excerpt from my interview with author Clare Mulley about her book The Women Who Flew for Hitler, she talks about her research experience in a glider and being two degrees of separation from Hitler through Hanna Reitsch. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org aff…

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AN18: Thriller novelist Sandy Parks talks about how she developed her craft 8:21

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Send us a text In this portion of my Writers’ Room interview with thriller novelist, Sandy Parks, whose books have been both traditionally and self-published, talks about how she developed her craft. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is av…

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Critique groups, exploring poetry, attending conferences, writing competitions, and dealing with rejection in your writing with author and English/Creative Writing teacher Pat Valdata. 21:25

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Send us a text In this Writers' Room interview with pilot and author Pat Valdata, she talks about her writing journey and offers advice for other aspiring writers from critique groups, exploring poetry, attending conferences, writing competitions, to dealing with rejection but pressing on. Did you know you can support your local independent booksho…

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Certified glider pilot/instructor and author Pat Valdata talks about soaring in her novel Crosswind and shares her aviatrix poetry collection Where No Man Can Touch. 41:01

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Send us a text In this interview with glider instructor and author Pat Valdata, we talk about her novel Crosswind, which we paired with the memoir, Skybound, by Rebecca Loncraine during the month of June 2023. Pat also shares her newly revised and republished poetry collection Where No Man Can Touch, in which she writes from the perspective of pion…

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