My Piece of the Sky

My Piece of the Sky

In May of 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh left New York alone in a small monoplane and flew nonstop to Paris, becoming an overnight hero to the world and a personal hero to eight-year-old Anna Flynn. From that time forward, Anna knew she would one day flyâ€”perhaps not to Paris and perhaps not very soonâ€”but she would fly. It would take sixteen years and a number of roadblocks before her dream would begin to unfold.

Anna now tells the story of her journey into the sky, from the wishful thinking of a child in 1927 to a woman who in 2010 stood with nearly 200 fellow Women Airforce Service Pilots in Washington, D.C., to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.

Anna Flynn is one of nearly 1,100 Women Airforce Service Pilots who ferried military aircraft during World War II, and one of approximately 136 who went on to fly the most powerful high performance military pursuit aircraft at the timeâ€”the P-40 Curtiss Warhawk, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang. Many WASP have written about their experiences, but each story is unique. This is Anna Flynn's own piece of the sky.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-04-04
Format Kindle eBook

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