Waypoints

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

In honor of Pride Month, I’m highlighting this excerpt from my interview with Julie Tizard about her Lesbian romance novel, The Road to Wings. Julie has written three books I’ve been able to find that feature both women in aviation and LGBTQ+ characters, and soon you’ll be able to sort the books on my new website, www.LitararyAviatrix.com, which will launch in the next few weeks.

In this excerpt from my interview with Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, Beverly Weintraub, about her book Wings of Gold, we talk about how Rosemary Mariner took on not only men who wanted to restrict women’s roles in the military, but also the very vocal and influential anti-feminism activists Phyllis Schlafly and Elain Donnelly. 

In this excerpt from my interview with author and United Airlines Pilot Carole Hopson about her historical novel about the life of Bessie Coleman, A Pair of Wings, she talks about the context in which Bessie’s story is told, then talks about how she learned about Bessie and shares a little about the start of her own aviation journey.

In this portion of my interview with Sherri L. Smith she talks about the inception of the idea for the character, Ida Mae, who is a fair skinned Black woman living in the South as WWII begins, who passes as white to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.