Fly Girls with Keith O'Brien
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Amelia Earhart looms large in aviation history, but she was one of a cohort of incredible female flyers in 1920s America who fought hard to break the mould and show that they could out-fly and out-race the men at their own game and, in Louise Thaden, would claim their highest prize. In Fly Girls, New York Times bestselling author Keith O'Brien looks at this remarkable group of women who took to the skies and opened the throttle like no woman had before. - ★In the UK, you can buy Fly Girls at Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fly-Girls-Daring-Aviation-History/dp/1328876640/ ★In the US, head to Keith's website to order signed copies of his book and pre-order Charlie Hustle, which is out in March 2024 here: https://keithob.com/ ★Follow Keith on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/KeithOB ★Follow Keith on BlueSky here: https://bsky.app/profile/keithob.bsky.social ★Follow Keith on Instagram here: http://instagram.com/obrienstory ★Follow Keith on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorKeithOBrien/ - ★Fancy becoming a Damcasteer? Join the fun on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and grab some merch. Click here below for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcasters - Please check out the latest from our sponsor, the Pima Air and Space Museum, through the links below: ★Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum’s website here: https://pimaair.org/ ★Learn more about the Titan Missle Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/ ★Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/ ★Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/ - The Damcasters © 2022 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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