Authors Connect

Please join us for the Authors Connect Reading and Reception, presented by United Airlines and PASS National on the opening night of WAI2024 on Thursday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. EST.

Meet and mingle with acclaimed aviatrix authors and hear them read from their work in a casual, intimate atmosphere. Heavy appetizers and a cash bar will be available.

This year's event is all about inspiration. Come prepared to be inspired by their stories, and to tap into your own story to inspire others.

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Authors Connect Signing Schedule

Thursday

1:00-2:30 p.m.

Shahd Majeed Earning My Wings: A Story of Life after Death

Laura Savino Jet Boss: A Female Pilot on Taking Risks and Flying High

Jolanda Witvliet The Airline Transition Manual; A Pilot's Guide to Scholarships & Grants

2:30-4:00 p.m.

Patty Bear From Plain to Plane: My Mennonite Childhood, a National Scandal, and an Unconventional Soar to Freedom

Kodey Bogart Helo Girls: The Firefighting Pilot

Doreen Cappelaere Wings for Val: Memoir of a Young Female Pilot

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Becky Condon She Flies

Mary Shipko The Firsts: Women Pilots and How They Changed the Airlines; Daring Mary: Aviation Pioneer; Aviatrix: First Female Pilot for Hughes Air West

Victoria Yeager Chuck Yeager: What a Ride! My Life with The Original Right Stuff; 101 Chuck Yeager-isms: Wit and Wisdom from America’s Hero

Friday

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Eileen Bjorkman The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat

Sian Proctor Doctor Proctor’s Space 2 Inspire: The Art of Inspiration

Merryl Tengesdal Shatter the Sky: What Going to the Stratosphere Taught Me about Self-Worth, Sacrifice, and Discipline

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Loree Draude Soar Into Joy: A Combat Pilot's Wisdom on Falling in Love with Your Life; She's Just Another Navy Pilot: An Aviator's Sea Journal

Erin Miller Final Flight, Final Fight: My Grandmother, the WASP, and Arlington National Cemetery; What Grandma Did

Laura Savino Jet Boss: A Female Pilot on Taking Risks and Flying High

3:00-4:30 p.m.

Julie Boatman Together We Fly: Voices from the DC-3; Honest Vision: The Donald Douglas Story

Kodey Bogart Helo Girls: The Firefighting Pilot

Lynn Rippelmeyer Life Takes Wings: Becoming the World’s First Female 747 Pilot

4:30-6:00 p.m.

Caroline Jensen Thundermouse

Daine Meszaros Ava the Aviator: The Adventure Begins; Ava the Aviator: The Adventure Continues