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Episode: LIFE TAKES WINGS - Lynn Rippelmeyer The First Woman fo Fly the Boeing 747 (Audio)
Description: LYNN RIPPELMEYER
SPEAKER, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, FIRST WOMAN TO FLY THE BOEÍNG 747 & CAPTAIN A TRANS-OCEANIC FLIGHT
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. 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 o...