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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Life Takes Wings: Becoming the World's First Female 747 Pilot

Life Takes Wings: Becoming the World's First Female 747 Pilot

Rippelmeyer, Lynn

Paperback

Aviation & NauticalBiographies General

Publisher Price: $21.95

ISBN10: 163195735X
ISBN13: 9781631957352
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: May 10 2022
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In Life Takes Wings, Captain Lynn Rippelmeyer soars with inspiration from a starry-eyed farm girl gazing at the sky to flight attendant to first female pilot of the revolutionary Boeing 747.

More than just a story of one woman's love affair with the skies, Life Takes Wings combines lessons in tenacity, humility, humor, perseverance, and partnership with the exhilaration of defying social norms, and the rewards of being true to oneself. Inspired to become a commercial airline pilot in an age when it was not an option for girls, serendipitous relationships lead Lynn to her first flying lessons in a seaplane, then to becoming flight instructor and charter pilot while also working as a flight attendant. Perceived as being incapable of flying, women were relegated to the cabin. Ignoring the pilots' negative comments, Lynn became a number of aviation's female firsts - member of first all-female commercial airline crew, first flight attendant-to-pilot, and first female pilot of the Boeing 747. Through laughter and tears, Life Takes Wings shows the sky is no limit for those who follow their dreams.

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