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

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Cindy Weigand discusses how a family scrapbook led her to explore the history of women in aviation and inspired her novel.

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 Gold...

People in this episode

Host: Liz Booker

Guest: Cindy Weigand

Topics covered

• women in aviation
• family history
• barnstorming
• historical research
• aviation history

Keywords

• aviation
• women pilots
• barnstorming
• family scrapbook
• historical fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mavis Perkins Flying Journalist

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