Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
by Liz Booker - Pilot, Writer, Aviation Diversity Advocate
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Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro on the real mystery of Amelia Earhart illuminated in her book The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon.
Jun 19, 2026
1h 42m 12s
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
May 29, 2026
39m 56s
Self-Publishing Without Losing Control: A Conversation with Polly Letofsky
Apr 12, 2026
1h 01m 13s
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
Feb 27, 2026
1h 01m 30s
Flying Around Australia: Author and general aviation pilot Fran West talks about Plane Reflections about her three-month flight around Australia’s coastline—weather, grit, and why turning back is sometimes the bravest choice
Feb 19, 2026
1h 06m 44s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 |  Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro on the real mystery of Amelia Earhart illuminated in her book The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon. | Send us Fan Mail Few figures loom larger in aviation history than Amelia Earhart. Yet after hundreds of books, countless documentaries, and nearly a century of speculation, how much do we actually know about the woman behind the legend? In this episode, Laurie Gwen Shapiro talks about her bestselling book, The Aviator and the Showman. Drawing on newly digitized interviews, archival discoveries, and years of research, Laurie argues that the real mystery of Amelia Earhart isn't what happened to... | 1h 42m 12s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 |  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✨ | women in aviationfamily history+3 | Cindy Weigand | Mavis Perkins Flying Journalist | — | aviationwomen pilots+3 | — | 39m 56s | |
| 4/12/26 |  Self-Publishing Without Losing Control: A Conversation with Polly Letofsky✨ | self-publishingpublishing process+3 | Polly Letofsky | My Word Publishing | — | self-publishingpublishing consultant+3 | — | 1h 01m 13s | |
| 2/27/26 |  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✨ | aviation memoirengine failure+4 | Heidi A. Porch | Ditching the Sky | HawaiiPacific | aviationmemoir+6 | — | 1h 01m 30s | |
| 2/19/26 |  Flying Around Australia: Author and general aviation pilot Fran West talks about Plane Reflections about her three-month flight around Australia’s coastline—weather, grit, and why turning back is sometimes the bravest choice✨ | aviationtravel+3 | Fran West | Plane Reflections | AustraliaCessna 172 | aviationAustralia+5 | — | 1h 06m 44s | |
| 2/7/26 |  Caroline Paul’s Why Fly—open-cockpit flight, awe from above, and the hard-won clarity that comes when life on the ground gets turbulent✨ | aviationadventure+4 | Caroline Paul | San FranciscoWhy Fly | — | aviationCaroline Paul+6 | — | 1h 32m 53s | |
| 1/22/26 |  Aviatrix Writers' Room - Children's Author Kirsten W. Larson talks about writing, publishing, and her 'Reimagine Your Writing' craft books✨ | children's literaturewriting craft+3 | Kirsten W. Larson | NASA | — | children's authorwriting+3 | — | 21m 36s | |
| 1/22/26 |  Kirsten W. Larson on Wonder Woman, aircraft designer E. Lillian Todd, and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne✨ | women in aviationchildren's nonfiction+3 | Kirsten W. Larson | Wood, Wire, WingsA True Wonder | — | Kirsten W. LarsonE. Lillian Todd+5 | — | 37m 43s | |
| 1/14/26 |  Breaking formation – U2 Pilot Merryl Tengesdal on graphic novels, confidence and courage, and raising the next generation of leaders.✨ | graphic novelsaviation+3 | Merryl Tengesdal | USAFShatter the Sky: Tales of Dragon Lady 788 | — | Merryl Tengesdalgraphic novels+5 | — | 23m 47s | |
| 12/31/25 |  Aviatrix Classics: Pioneer Ruth Nichols’ Wings for Life—record-setting flights, devastating crashes, and the resilience to find purpose that joined aviation skill with Quaker compassion to deliver air relief worldwide.✨ | aviation historypioneering women+3 | Dr. Jacque BoydCaptain Jenny Beatty | Wings for Life | — | Ruth Nicholsaviatrix+4 | — | 3h 41m 47s | |
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| 12/22/25 |  Captain Lynn Rippelmeyer — From TWA Stewardess to Pioneering 747 Captain✨ | aviation historywomen in aviation+3 | Lynn Rippelmeyer | TWAUnited Airlines+1 | — | Lynn RippelmeyerTWA+5 | — | 1h 35m 04s | |
| 10/31/25 |  Tracey Curtis-Taylor — Bird: Flying the Spirit of Artemis Across Continents and Confronting the Old Boys’ Club | Send us Fan Mail If you love daring women, vintage airplanes, and real-world adventure, you’re going to love this one. Pilot and author Tracey Curtis-Taylor shares her journey from a $15 introductory flight in Canada to flying her restored 1942 Stearman across Africa, from UK to Australia, and across the United States. We talk about her inspirations — Lady Mary Heath, Amy Johnson, Out of Africa — and her experiences confronting backlash in modern aviation. Did you know you can support... | 1h 22m 05s | ||||||
| 10/20/25 |  Literary Aviatrix Classics: Aviatrix by Elinor Smith — The Flying Flapper Who Outsmarted Putnam, Outflew the Boys, and Spilled All the Aviation Tea | Send us Fan Mail Hold on to your flight goggles — this episode might be our juiciest Literary Aviatrix Classics yet. In this roundtable, Dr. Jacque Boyd, Captain Jenny Beatty, and I dive into Aviatrix: The Story of Elinor Smith, the 1981 memoir of the teenage pilot who took the 1920s aviation world by storm. Elinor Smith — “The Flying Flapper of Freeport” — was famous for flying under New York’s East River bridges at just seventeen, setting endurance and altitude records, and standing toe-to-... | 2h 26m 09s | ||||||
| 9/27/25 |  Finding Myself in Aviation | Mary Build’s Inspiring Story of Flying, Seaplanes, and Second Chances | Send us Fan Mail At age 47, Mary Build took her very first flight lesson. What followed was a remarkable 30-year career in aviation—flying seaplanes, running her own seaplane base in Maine, flying to Alaska, competing in the Air Race Classic, and serving as a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). In this interview, Mary shares her powerful journey from overcoming personal challenges to becoming a respected leader in aviation. We talk about her memoir Finding Myself in Aviation, the courage it take... | 1h 06m 35s | ||||||
| 9/16/25 |  Captain Tammie Jo Shults — Southwest Airlines Pilot of Flight 1380, Navy Jet Pioneer, and Author of Nerves of Steel | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sit down with Captain Tammie Jo Shults — one of the first women to fly Navy tactical jets, longtime Southwest Airlines captain, and author of Nerves of Steel. Tammie Jo is best known for her extraordinary leadership on Southwest Flight 1380, but as she shares in this conversation, her story is about much more than one day in the cockpit. It’s about the obstacles she faced along the way, the resilience she built, and the way her faith, perseverance, and prep... | 1h 04m 11s | ||||||
| 9/4/25 |  Captain Patty Bear Book Launch: Air Force KC-135 Veteran & Airline Pilot on Wisdom Hacks, Decision-Making, Career Transitions, and Women in Aviation | Send us Fan Mail This is my first in-person interview, recorded at Patty Bear’s home in a medieval village in Provence. Her new book, Captain Patty’s Wisdom Hacks, launches September 9 and is available for preorder now. We bridge the years after her memoir From Plain to Plane—from USAF KC-135 pilot (Desert Shield/Desert Storm) to nearly 30 years at United Airlines, parenting, coaching, and building a life between the U.S. and France. In this episode: Pay Yourself First (money, health, time, e... | 50m 08s | ||||||
| 8/24/25 |  Bestselling author Tracey Enerson Wood on her historical novel, Katharine: The Wright Sister, and how Katharine Wright changed the course of aviation history | Send us Fan Mail This June, I sat down with bestselling author Tracey Enerson Wood to talk about her newest historical novel, Katharine, the Wright Sister: A Novel (2024). The book shines a spotlight on Katharine Wright, the often-overlooked sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright—whose contributions were vital to the invention and promotion of the airplane. Tracey and I talk about her path from registered nurse to novelist, her love of writing about “hidden women in history,” and her other ... | 34m 05s | ||||||
| 8/19/25 |  Yogini Modi: Entrepreneur, Aviation Mentor, and Community Leader, talks about how her flight school in Homestead Florida is helping to grow India's commercial pilots | Send us Fan Mail From growing up in a Gandhian school in India, to serving ten years in the Indian Army, to founding a thriving flight school in South Florida, Yogini “Yogi” Modi’s journey in aviation is extraordinary. In this interview, Yogi shares how her father’s encouragement sparked her passion for flying, how she became one of the Indian Army’s microlight pilots, and how she has dedicated her career to training and mentoring the next generation of aviators — many of them women from Indi... | 59m 21s | ||||||
| 8/9/25 |  Shirley M. Phillips — How Not to Fly an Airplane: Lessons from 40 Years in Aviation | Send us Fan Mail Shirley M. Phillips is a pioneering female pilot and author whose new aviation memoir, How Not to Fly an Airplane, captures four decades of pilot life stories and lessons from the cockpit. From her start as a teenage student pilot in New Hampshire to becoming the first pregnant airline pilot at her company, Shirley’s career in aviation is filled with grit, humor, and resilience. In this pilot interview, Shirley shares what it’s really like to be a flight instructor, including... | 55m 44s | ||||||
| 7/9/25 |  Women's military equality advocate and author Bridges DelPonte talks about the 14 trailblazing women pilots whose histories intersect with Florida in her book She Soars | Send us Fan Mail In this interview with author Lucille Ponte, writing under the penname Bridges DelPonte, we talk about the fabulous fourteen women featured in her non-fiction anthology, She Soars: Trailblazing Female Pilots in Florida, and her professional advocacy for women’s equality in the military as an attorney and law professor. The book highlights fun and interesting facts about names we know from our cast of women in aviation history and introduces us to a few remarkable new ladies a... | 1h 09m 25s | ||||||
| 7/6/25 |  Author Leona Cobham, granddaughter of pioneering aviation advocate Sir Alan Cobham, joins me again to talk about the latest in her middle grade chapter book series featuring vintage British aircraft, Flying Circus: Above and Beyond | Send us Fan Mail In this interview I talk with author Leona Cobham about the latest in her middle grade chapter book series featuringa cast of vintage British aircraft characters, Airplane Adventures Flying Circus: Above and Beyond. I first interviewed Leona in 2023, and we talked briefly about her grandfather, Sir Alan Cobham and his pioneering contributions to air-to-air refueling. We talk a little more about his advocacy for the advancement of aviation in this conversation. Check out the o... | 24m 59s | ||||||
| 7/1/25 |  Debut author Carolyn Dasher, talks about her new historical novel, American Sky, which features two women who join the WASP in WWII and their legacy across three generations | Send us Fan Mail In this interview with debut author Carolyn Dasher, we talk about her new novel, American Sky, which features two women who join the WASP in WWII and their legacy across three generations. Buy the book: https://literaryaviatrix.com/book/american-sky/ The blurb: Three generations of indomitable women navigate life on their terms in an epic and inspiring historical novel about love and war, family secrets, and mothers and daughters finding the freedom to fly. It’s 1943. The... | 31m 22s | ||||||
| 6/25/25 |  Fantasy and speculative fiction author of The Improvisers, Nicole Glover, talks about how she wove historical themes of aviation, race and civil rights, historically Black communities, music, family, and sisterhood into a magical fantasy fiction mystery | Send us Fan Mail In this interview with Nicole Glover, author of the Aviatrix Book Club discussion book for June 2025, The Improvisers, we talk about how she wove historical themes of aviation, race and civil rights, historically Black communities, music, family, and sisterhood into a magical fantasy fiction mystery set in the 1930s. Buy the Book: https://literaryaviatrix.com/book/the-improvisers-a-murder-and-magic-novel/ Did you know you can support your local independent booksho... | 28m 29s | ||||||
| 6/17/25 |  Dr. Jacque Boyd and Captain Jenny Beatty are back for another Literary Aviatrix Classics episode about Amy Johnson | Send us Fan Mail Finally, another Literary Aviatrix Classics episode with my guest hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Captain Jenny Beatty! This episode is all about Amy Johnson. We started off with her book Sky Roads to the World but, truth in advertising, we did not love this book. It’s a great history of aviation exploits of the time with insightful predictions of what aviation would offer in the future, but we gleaned almost nothing about Amy herself. We were able to cobble together our impression... | 1h 21m 54s | ||||||
| 6/5/25 |  Final Flight, Final Fight: Author Erin Miller talks about her crusade to change federal law to inter her WASP Grandmother at Arlington National Cemetery | Send us Fan Mail In this interview with author, lawyer, and pilot Erin Miller, we talk about her journey through the halls of congress to change federal law so she and her family could honor her WASP Grandmother, Elaine Danforth Harmon's wish to be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is available on Bookshop.org, you'll find a link to ... | 1h 03m 17s | ||||||
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11 placements across 11 markets.
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11 placements across 11 markets.