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viii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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Wally Funk always wanted to fly, ever since she was a little girl growing up in New Mexico. She learned to fly airplanes in college, and then she competed in tests to become an astronaut for the United States. When the government refused to accept women in the program, Wally chased her dream in other ways ... For the first time, Wally tells the story of an ordinary girl who led an extraordinary life because she stayed true to her dream. -- back...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
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English
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On November 19, 1916, at 8:25 a.m., Ruth Law took off on a flight that aviation experts thought was doomed. She set off to fly nonstop from Chicago to New York City. Sitting at the controls of her small bi-plane, exposed to the elements, Law battled fierce winds and numbing cold. When her engine ran out of fuel, she glided for two miles and landed at Hornell, New York. Even though she fell short of her goal, she had broken the existing cross-country...
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Presents a brief biography of Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier, in simple text with illustrations including information his career as a air craft mechanic and test pilot, to becoming an expert on military aircraft and pioneering modern aviation.
16) Bessie Coleman
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24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
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English
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Presents a short children's biography about Bessie Coleman who became the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
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English
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"Dorothy Lucas yearned to discover all that she was capable of. After the devastating news of Pearl Harbor, her brothers joined the World War II war effort, but Dorothy wanted to do her part, too. So, she enlisted to serve as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP). After hours of flight school and roaring engines, Dorothy and her fellow WASPs risked their lives towing targets in the air for the male fighter pilots in training. Through many mechanical...
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"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
"Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama...
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"In 1921, a young woman arose from the poverty of the Texas cotton fields. She captured the hearts of the American Black population, teaching them to overcome not only the racial barriers of the time but also the barriers within themselves. She dared to dream, and she challenged them to do so as well. Her name was Bessie Coleman. And, for Bessie Coleman, the sky was the limit..."--Container.
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