WAI24 Authors Connect Reading & Reception 21 March 7:30pm

Please join us for the Authors Connect Reading and Reception, presented by United Airlines and PASS International, on opening night at the Women in Aviation International Conference in Orlando, Florida, Thursday, March 21st at 7:30 pm. This is an opportunity to meet and mingle with acclaimed aviatrix authors and hear them read from their work in a casual, intimate atmosphere. Heavy appetizers and a cash bar will be available.

This year’s event is all about inspiration. Come prepared to be inspired by their stories, and to tap into your own story to inspire others.

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Participating authors include:

Cecilia Aragon – Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team

Patty Bear – From Plain to Plane: My Mennonite Childhood, a National Scandal, and an Unconventional Soar to Freedom

Eileen Bjorkman – The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat

Kodey Bogart – Helo Girls: The Firefighting Pilot

Doreen Cappelaere – Wings for Val: Memoir of a Young Female Pilot

Becky Condon – She Flies

Loree “Rowdy” Draude – Soar Into Joy: A Combat Pilot’s Wisdom on Falling in Love with Your Life; She’s Just Another Navy Pilot: An Aviator’s Sea Journal

Caroline “Blaze” Jensen – Thundermouse

Ashlee Leppert – The Hurricane Within

Diane Meszaros – Ava the Aviator, The Adventure Begins , Ava the Aviator, The Adventure Continues

Erin Miller – Final Flight, Final Fight; What Grandma Did

Dr. Sian Proctor – Doctor Proctor’s Space 2 Inspire: The Art of Inspiration

Lynn Rippelmeyer – Life Takes Flight, Life Takes Wings

Captain Laura Savino – Jet Boss: A Female Pilot on Taking Risks and Flying High

Mary Shipko – The Firsts: Women Pilots and How They Changed the Airlines, Daring Mary Aviation Pioneer, Aviatrix

Col. Merryl Tengesdal – Shatter the Sky: What Going to the Stratosphere Taught Me About Sacrifice, Selfworth, and Discipline

Jolanda Witvliet – The Airline Transition Manual (co-author) and A Pilot’s Guide to Scholarships & Grants

Victoria Yeager – Chuck Yeager: What a Ride! My Life with The Original Right Stuff: Chuck Yeager; Chuck Yeager and 101 Chuck YEAGER-isms: Wit & Wisdom from America’s Hero