Come fly away

I get fascinated by the most random things/persons sometimes. It could be sparked in a split second - read somewhere, heard somewhere, saw somewhere - then I forget it until something comes up.

This is overdue but I wanna do something for Amelia Earhart's 115th birthday (July 24th, thank you for the memo, Google!). Amelia Earhart was one of the first women to fly a plane in the 1930s. She lived with determination and strength, especially being a woman in that era. Though women were beginning to have their way by that time, still she had to prove herself. She mysteriously disappeared after attempting to fly around the world in 1937. No one knew what really happened until now - some theories claimed that she was cast away on an island where she eventually died.

Who would've thought such a fragile woman could fly a a plane by herself? Photo from National Archives.

Earhart wrote books and there are books written about her.
No doubt the books that I'm about to share with you was inspired by her, in some way.

Set in London Blitz. A debutante joins the Air Transport Auxiliary.

My favorite cover. "After Pearl Harbor, Velva Jean signs up for service and gets her wings, risking her life-and her heart." - Goodreads

A black woman's struggle to fulfill her dreams. She'll go lengths as far as denying her racial heritage.

A novel about four young WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) serving in WWII, their passion for flying and romances with fellow officers.

This novel "imagines" what really happened after Amelia Earheart disappeared.

I'm anxious to get my hands on them because it's gives a different view on World War II, a view from the skies. I love the covers too!