Captain Gramma: Single Mom to Sky High

Just received this book: Captain Gramma: Single Mom to Sky High, by Nancy Welz Aldrich, for review, and will be reading it and reviewing it within the next couple of days.

Here's the backmatter:

A woman pilot? Everyone laughed at her. Everyone told her she was crazy. But Nancy Welz Aldrich, a 37-year old single mother of two, decided, once and for all, that she was going after her lifelong dream. With little money but plenty of perseverance, ldrich learned to fly. She worked as a travelling instructor and ferried airplanes before she was eventually hired by United Airlines.

In Captain Gramma,, she candidly tells how she rose through the ranks at United amidst great sexism and animosity. Best of all, Aldrich tells her story with plenty of humourous and shocking anecdotes, from taming unruly passengers to braving an emergency landing to sharing layover apartments with unexpected roommates.

Gi behins tbe scenes on an airline strike, ride in the cockpit, and feel the pull of flight simulators along the way with Aldrich's life journey.

Nancy Welz Aldrich

Nancy Aldrich was 31 years old, divorced and had 2 children. She started taking flying lessons, and after a couple of years became a pilot for United Airlines.

http://www.captaingramma.com/index.html

She's written a book, called Captain Gramma, which you can order at the link above.

See and hear how she did it.

[There's supposed to be a video in the empty space below... for some reason it's not showing up on my computer!]



I've also added her to the Women Aviators Wiki:
http://www.womenaviators.org/wiki/index.php?title=Nancy_Aldrich

If you are a pilot or know a woman pilot, please enter your data at the wiki! If you are hesitant because of a "fear of programming" don't be - it's all English language. Just create a page and type. I (or other contributors knowledgable in wikification) will go in afterwards and format it properly - you don't need to concern yourself with that if you dont' want to.