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Description

xv, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates; 24 cm

Summary

She is the first woman to pilot a B-52, a charismatic twenty-six-year-old from a proper Georgia family who has always distinguished herself - as a fifteen-year-old at U.S. Space Camp and as a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy. There, she overcame considerable odds and earned a coveted position as a combat pilot.
But nothing prepared Lieutenant Kelly Flinn for the controversy that erupted when the military began an investigation into her relationship with Marc Zigo, a man who lied to her about his marital status and then betrayed her to military authorities. Flinn was forced to resign amid charges of disobeying orders - charges she disputes in this poignant and powerful memoir.
This is the story of Flinn's love affair with flying . . . and the love affair that ended her trail-blazing Air Force career. This is also the story of a determined young woman fighting for her rightful place in a military establishment run by men, many of whom are not yet ready to accept a female combat pilot. Flinn reveals examples of hypocrisy and sexism in the military that are, by any standard, infuriating.

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ISBN

0375501096 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97041542

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Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries