{"product_id":"9798890680044","title":"High Flyers","description":"Author: Ann McCallum Staats\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798890680044\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese 15 women fly outside the lines.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoar beside Black Hawk helicopter pilot turned politician Tammy Duckworth, hot air balloonist Edgora McEwan, or medevac pilot Dede Murawsky. Higher up, meet commercial and military aviators such as the Coast Guard's Ronaqua Russell, the first African American female to receive the prestigious Air Medal for her rescue efforts during Hurricane Harvey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext, ride along with Tammie Jo Shults, whose story includes a harrowing catastrophic engine failure while in command of 148 people aboard Southwest's Flight 1380. Others share their experiences in military high-performance jets, the Stratotanker, or while flying for the Blue Angels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaching past the bounds of Earth are astronauts who have launched in the cramped Russian rocket, the \u003ci\u003eSoyuz\u003c\/i\u003e, orbited Earth while conducting critical science experiments, or lived aboard the International Space Station.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn all cases, the women in this book faced obstacles. Throughout their rise to incredible accomplishment, these courageous go-getters persevered and endured, \u003ci\u003einsisting\u003c\/i\u003e on success. Ultimately, each succeeded on her path to flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese diverse high-flyers are dreamers and doers who believed, despite the odds, that soaring is possible.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46882729459870,"sku":"ADS-9798890680044","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798890680044.jpg?v=1779861740","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798890680044","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}