Recounts the life and career of the pilot, race car driver, and astronaut, Betty Skelton.

Discover the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientsts. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. When Amelia Earhart was young, she like to imagine she could stretch her wings and fly away like a bird. As a grown woman, she set a new female world record for flying up to 14,000 feet. She also flew across the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, and eventually undertook the most dangerous...

Tells the story of Amelia Earhart's life - as a child, a woman, and a pilot - and describes the search for her missing plane.

An introduction to one of America's most famous pilots, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while flying over the Pacific Ocean.

Presents the life and career of the Chinese American woman who dreamed of flying as a child and who went on to become one of only two Chinese American Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) to serve during World War II.

An introduction to one of America's most famous pilots, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while flying over the Pacific Ocean.

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...

"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...

"Introduce your little one to the world's most celebrated female pilot. Told in simple sentences, this young reader edition of the best-selling series is perfect to read aloud to little dreamers."--Back cover.