Fearless Flyer

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On November 19, 1916, at 8 25 a.m., Ruth Law took off on a flight that aviation experts thought was doomed She set off to fly nonstop from Chicago to New York City Sitting at the controls of her small bi plane, exposed to the elements, Law battled fierce winds and numbing cold When her engine ran out of fuel, she glided for two miles and landed at Hornell, New York Even though she fell short of her goal, she had broken the existing cross country distance record And with her plane refueled, she got back in the air and headed for New York City where crowds waited to greet her In this well researched, action packed picture book, Heather Lang and Ra l Col n recreate a thrilling moment in aviation history Includes an afterword with archival photographs. New Download Fearless Flyer by Heather Lang For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Review at love Ruth She just doesn t care if anyone tells her she cannot do something She just goes about it her own way Law is definitely a woman who should be taught about in schools because she really embodies someone that is not going to let lower expectations for women get in her way of doing exactly what she wants to do And even next to flying, Law goes against everything that is stereotypical about women because she is also mechanical Also, Review at love Ruth She just doesn t care if anyone tells her she cannot do something She just goes about it her own way Law is definitely a woman who should be taught about in schools because she really embodies someone that is not going to let lower expectations for women get in her way of doing exactly what she wants to do ...Interesting, beautifully written and illustrated true story about a woman who merits the book s title Young readers will find this nothing gonna stop me pilot cool Her actual quotes are colorful and skillfully interwoven with the suspenseful and inspiring text.I enjoyed this fictionalized account of Ruth Law s historic solo flight from Chicago to New York City when she broke the record for longest non stop flight Some great tension is created with weather and engine problems I loved how Lang made regular use of quotes from interviews of Law about her experiences as a pilot and a woman in this m...On November 19, 1916 Ruth Law, a young aviatrix, sought to break the distance record of flying between Chicago and New York in her tiny biplane Although she had to make a stop because her small plane ran out of fuel, she did courageously reach her final destination This exciting plane flight comes alive with Raul Colon s sumptuous double spread realistic colored pencil illustrations of her journey Adding the dimension of including quotes from Ruth Law in bold contrast color script, gives youn On November 19, 1916 Ruth Law, a young aviatrix, sought to break the distance record of flying between Chicago and New York in her tiny biplane Although she had to make a stop because her small plane ran out of fuel, she did courageously reach her final destination This exciting plane flight comes alive with Raul Colon s sumptuous double spread realistic colored pencil illustrations of her journey Adding the dimension of including quotes from Ruth Law in bold co...A play by play of Ruth Law s historic flight from Chicago to New York City Law made the flight during a time in which women were actively discouraged from flying and just a few short years after the Wright Brothers made history with their airplane design She endured freezing temperatures and other weather phenomena in an era in which technology consisted of a lap map for directional purposes.Prismacolor pencils and lithograph crayons were used to create the illustrations for the book The stor A play by play of Ruth Law s historic flight from Chicago to New York City Law made the flight during a time in which women were actively discouraged from flying and just a few short years after the Wright Brothers made history with their airplane design She endured freezing temperatures and other weather phenomena in an era in which technology consisted of a lap map for directional purposes.Prismacolor pencils and lithograph...I enjoyed this book about Ruth Law, a pioneering female flyer She made a solo flight from the Chicago area to New York City She was hoping for it to be a nonstop flight That did not end up happening, but she was the first to make a solo flight that long I liked Colon s illustra...Everyone knows Amelia Earhart Introduce readers to this brave and fearless female pilot who set a flight record in the early 1900s.Exhilarating Having been a child who lay in bed, staring at my window, willing it to burst open and Peter Pan to fly in to carry me off to Neverland Look at me way up high Suddenly here am I I m flying , I identified strongly with the opening quote about aviator Ruth Law dreaming she was a swallow or an eagle and waking up disappointed to have no wings I was constantly disappointed that Peter never came for me More recently, our family has enjoyed our local aviation show, and so again, Exhilarating Having been a child who lay in bed, staring at my window, willing it to burst open and Peter Pan to fly in to carry me off to Neverland Look at me way up high Suddenly here am I I m flying , I identified strongly with the opening quote about aviator Ruth Law dreaming she was a swallow or an eagle and waking up disappointed to have no wings I was constantly disappointed that Peter never came for me More recently, our family has enjoyed our local aviation show, and so again, I was right there with Ruth when she was doing aerial tricks to entertain folk But Ruth s dream was to GO somewhere like New York In 1916 when few men flew and it was considered ridiculous for a woman to even consider it, this was no mean achievement And her plane It lookslike a...This non fiction telling of Ruth Law s desire to fly her airplane non stop from Chicago to New York City is brave and something a woman was not encouraged to do But Ruth had a goal and a challenge and decided she could do it in her bi plane It explains her preparations and some stumbling blocks when a man who had a better plane would not sell her one to make her journey So she strapped on extra gas tanks to ...Terrific picture book of Ruth Law s recordbreaking flight from Chicago to New York City in 1916, in a biplane, exposed to the elements, braving the cold and sleep deprivation, etc Has inspiring quotes properly sourced from her, pulled out and spotlighted in dramatic fonts Beautifully designed and illustrate...

Fearless Flyer
  • 08 October 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 40 pages
  • 1620916509
  • Heather Lang
  • Fearless Flyer