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Podcast: Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
Episode: Captain Lynn Rippelmeyer — From TWA Stewardess to Pioneering 747 Captain
Description: Send us Fan MailPioneering airline pilot Lynn Rippelmeyer reflects on her extraordinary journey from being hired as a TWA stewardess in the early 1970s to becoming one of the first women to fly the Boeing 747, and later retiring from United Airlines after a career shaped both by deregulation, mergers, and furloughs, and by generosity, unexpected opportunities, and adventure.We talk about her two-part memoir, beginning with Life Takes Wings, which traces her path from the cabin to the flight deck at a time when women were told — explicitly — that they didn’t belong there. Lynn s...