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Podcast: Greater Houston Womenâs Chamber of Commerce: The Global Businesswomenâs Pod
Episode: LIFE TAKES WINGS - Lynn Rippelmeyer: The First Woman fo Fly the Boeing 747 (Video)
Description: GHWCC Global Businesswomenâs Pod Episode 84
LYNN RIPPELMEYER
SPEAKER, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, FIRST WOMAN TO FLY THE BOEĂNG 747 & CAPTAIN A TRANS-OCEANIC FLIGHT
More than just a story of one womanâs 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 aviationâs female firsts - member of first all-female commerc...