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United Airlines pilot and author, Carole Hopson’s A PAIR OF WINGS
Host Diana Korte speaks with United Airlines pilot and author, Carole Hopson, who has crafted a riveting, adventure-filled historical novel, A PAIR OF WINGS. It’s based on the remarkable true story of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woman who received her pilot’s license almost two years before Amelia Earhart, and found freedom in the air. Hopson was so inspired by Bessie’s story, she became a pilot herself at the age of 54. A few years after the Wright brothers’ first flight in 1903, Bessie—the daughter of a woman born into slavery—was working the Texas cotton fields with her family…
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