Wed, Mar 03, 2004
Book Scheduled For Release At 15th Annual Conference
Women in Aviation,
International will unveil its first published biography at this
year’s 15th Annual Women in Aviation, International
Conference, to be held at the Reno Hilton March 11-13. The book,
Nothing Stood in Her Way, by Capt. Julie Clark with noted
biographer Ann Lewis Cooper, tracks Clark’s 35-year career in
the U.S. skies from Flight Attendant to Airline Captain and air
show celebrity.
Suddenly orphaned as a young high school student, Clark
surmounted this crushing reality and built two successful careers,
as an airline captain and an air show celebrity. When she first
took to the skies, the vision of a small and shapely blond at the
controls of a jet airliner was fare for the comic strips. Clark,
and other aviators like her have opened doors to coveted careers
previously closed to women.
She’s flown in
and with a number of airlines and aircraft, through a series of
mergers and acquisitions, and endured. Simultaneously, Clark was
flying aerobatics in her personally restored T-34 Mentor and in
close formation with other warbird owners in her bright yellow
North American T-28 Trojan.
WAI says biographer Ann Lewis Cooper focuses on Clark’s
strengths, without avoiding the rough spots. "She tells it like it
was -- and is -- and has written a biography that captures the
reader. This story is a “must read” for all who admire
courage and determination," the organization said in a press
release. The book is available at Cooper Books, booth 927, in the
Women in Aviation, International Conference exhibition hall.
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