Powder Puff Derby: Petticoat Pilots and Flying Flappers
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Book Overview
This book follows the early years of women aviators from the end of World War I through the madcap years of the 1920s to the establishment of aviation as a serious part of defense and commercial activities during World War II. Award-winning writer Mike Walker writes about a time of immense social and technical change that radically transformed the position of women and became the golden years for the development of aviation.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0470851414
ISBN13:9780470851418
Release Date:July 2004
Publisher:Wiley
Length:287 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 4.9" x 7.7"
Customer Reviews
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Fabulous Flights of Fancy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
A well written, informative, entertaining page turner that discusses early aviatrixes and details their often exciting lives (e.g., Pancho Barnes, Chubbie Miller). If you like reading about adventurous, unconventional trailblazers and the attendant salacious details of their escapades this book is sure to please.
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