Women and Flight: Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots [Hardcover]

Carolyn Russo (Author), Dorothy Cochrane (Author, Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1997

Women pilots took to the skies soon after the Wright brothers, but only a few - Amelia Earhart, Beryl Markham and Sally Ride for example - have been recognized for their achievements. In this volume, the author and the National Air and Space Museum of Washington, DC, seek to set the record straight by celebrating aviation's "unsung heroines". Interviews and biographical sketches accompany black and white photographs capturing 36 of today's most notable women aviators - from Air Force Fighter pilots and aerial photographers to airline pilots and skywriters. The women include an 88-year-old who still operates an airfield; a 22-year-old who is one of the country's most highly respected civilian helicopter pilots and mechanics; and the only Inuit woman aviator in Alaska.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bulfinch Press; 1st edition (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082122168X
• ISBN-13: 978-0821221686
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,282,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best., January 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Women and Flight: Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots (Hardcover)

Carolyn Russo has revealed herself as a brilliant fine arts photographer in Women and Flight. Her portraits/landscapes are reminiscent of the finest works of Margaret Bourke-White and of other photographers who worked for Life magazine as hybrid portraitists/journalists during the middle of the 20th century. Photography is a form of architecture when done this well. Among Ms. Russo's wares are the ability to perceive immense depth in her subjects, an unfailing sense of when a stone is a stone (clarity), a surpassing gift of subtle humor and a fine old patience in dealing with her tools of the trade. The prints are flawless. They give us light... and much more.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational!, December 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Women and Flight: Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots (Hardcover)

If you are interested in a career or a lifestyle above the ground somewhere it would do you a great deal of good to pick up this book. I almost missed a flight due to flipping through this book in the gift shop. Every type of "bird" is in this book from private pilot to skywriter to Air Force Captain to astronaut. Its great to read that others are where I want to be and they didn't have the easiest time getting there. I can't say enough about this book. I will sleep with it under my pillow. And I've only browsed it! Truly a winner.