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High, wide, and frightened / Louise McPhetridge Thaden ; foreword by Patty Wagstaff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, 1905-1979, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, 1905-1979.
- Thaden, Louise McPhetridge.
- Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Women air pilots.
- Air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Air pilots.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville, [Arkansas] : The University of Arkansas Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- Born in 1905 and raised in Arkansas, Louise Thaden attended the University of Arkansas from 1921 to 1925 before moving to California, where she earned her pilot's certificate in 1927.Within the year, she had broken the women's world record for altitude and endurance.In 1929 she won the first Women's Air Derby, a transcontinental race.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword by Patty Wagstaff
- Prologue
- Preface
- 1. Endurance
- 2. A "Hot" Pilot
- 3. Engines Quit Cold
- 4. Speed Record
- 5. Women's Air Derby
- 6. The Whole Family Flies
- 7. Refueling Endurance Flight
- 8. Is It Bravery-or Fright?
- 9. Some Flirting with Disaster
- 10. The Bendix Race
- 11. Hence the Gray Hairs
- 12. Clear and Unlimited
- A. E.-A Postscript
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61075-650-9
- OCLC:
- 1027218993
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