Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

Liz Booker - Pilot, Writer, Aviation Diversity Advocate

Join Liz Booker as she interviews authors whose books feature women in aviation from across genres, historical periods, and types of flying, and be inspired by the tenacity, adventure, and courage of our sisters in the air. * Liz not only promotes books featuring women in aviation, but also provides the tools and information for other women to tell their stories. Check out Writers' Room interviews for in-depth discussions on writing, publishing, and book promotion. * Liz is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer, and host of the Aviatrix Book Club, Aviatrix Writers' Group, and Literary Aviatrix website where you'll find hu...

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Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

Episodes (223)

May 29th Author Cindy Weigand on how a family scrapbook featuring her barnstorming uncle led her to the history of our pioneering women in aviation and her novel Mavis Perkins Flying Journalist
Apr 12th Self-Publishing Without Losing Control: A Conversation with Polly Letofsky
Feb 27th Airline Captain Heidi A. Porch talks about her memoir Ditching the Sky about a ferry flight engine failure 540 miles from Hawaii, a Cold War rescue, and the long road from ocean ditching to the 747

Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

May 29, 2026
41¾ minutes
27 MB

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a family scrapbook opens a door into a forgotten chapter of aviation history? Author Cindy Weigand never intended to become a historian of women in aviation. While sorting through her late mother's belongings, she discovered scrapbooks and newspaper clippings connected to her great-uncle Jack, a barnstormer of the 1920s. What began as a family history project soon became a deep dive into the remarkable women pilots who shared the skies during aviation's Golden Age. In this conversation, Cindy and I discuss her novel Mavis Perkins: Flying J...

Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

Author Cindy Weigand on how a family scrapbook featuring her barnstorming uncle led her to the history of our pioneering women in aviation and her novel Mavis Perkins Flying Journalist

Liz Booker - Pilot, Writer, Aviation Diversity Advocate

00:00 -39:56