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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821089103321

Autore

Rickman Sarah Byrn

Titolo

Nancy Batson Crews : Alabama's first lady of flight / / Sarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Jane Kirkpatrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8173-8293-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Fire ant books

Disciplina

629.13092 B

Soggetti

Women air pilots - United States

Air pilots - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Female

Birmingham (Ala.) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Boys, I've brought you a real lemon -- Daughter of Alabama -- Flight! -- The WAFS -- The best of all jobs -- Women in pursuit -- The question of militarization -- The best and worst of times -- Beyond the war: life goes on -- The pain of change -- Gliding: better than sex! -- Paul and the WASP -- Passing the torch: Radford learns to fly -- California City -- Lake Country estates -- Enhancing the legacy -- Nancy and the planes she ferried -- The reunion -- From Cub to King Air -- Pneumonia, or something worse? -- Terminal -- Alabama Women's Hall of Fame -- Redemption -- Paul Jr.

Sommario/riassunto

A riveting oral history/biography of a pioneering woman aviator.