Product Description: "Cochran's close friend Amelia Earhart is, of course, the first name mentioned when the subject of women pilots arises. But as readers of this book will see, it is Cochran whose name should be on people's lips when a discussion of women pilots is taking place...read more

A biography of the famous aviatrix who disappeared in the South Pacific on an around-the-world flight attempt in 1937

Records the role of Alfred, John, and Mathilde Moisant, a family of flamboyant aviation proponents who built airplanes, broke flying records, and staged exhibitions, in convincing the public that air travel could be a business as well as a sport. UP. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream...read more