Fly Girls By Keith OBrien

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The author did a great job of researching these times and the key players (both men and women). I loved how he started and ended with Louise Thaden. She's my new hero for sure. Can you imagine all those accidents happening today and the loose way it was all those air Fly Girls I was very happy to read this book on my Kindle. I am designing a table top simulation game about the Thompson Trophy closed course air races in the 1930s, and this book provided valuable insights and history about air racing in the 1920s and 1930s that I have not found in Fly Girls Interesting facts about the first women pilots, carefully researched and written. Today's women will cringe at how these women were treated. Thank goodness things have changed, but they were instrumental in paving the way for female pilots all over the world. Fly Girls

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Full of vivid personal portraits, exciting contests, sobering accounts of gender discrimination, thrilling air races, and tragic crashes, and complemented by a well known section of historical photographs. A satisfying and memorable read! Fly Girls History, Napoleon once said, is written by the victors. He could have and probably should have added that it is also written primarily by men. That might explain why, through the ages, so many powerful, accomplished, daring, and brilliant women have been Fly Girls In the 50s I was a recreational women pilot. So I was aware of some of the history of women pilots of the 20s and 30s. Recently I visited Amalia Earhart's museum in Atchison, KS which renewed my interest in the history of aviation and women's part in it. I read Fly Girls Fly Girls This is a subject, and specific individuals, that have not been given the attention they deserve. I was hoping this book would paint a picture of the true challenges they faced and the things they accomplished in the face of determined public opposition and outright Fly Girls I really liked this book. Although I felt that the title was a little misleading, it did tell the struggles of some the First Ladies of aviation. I am always intrigued when books take events and history that I think I am knowledgeable in and totally show me how ignorant I Fly Girls