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Flinn, Kelly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375501096 ISBN 13: 9780375501098

Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1997

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Book by Flinn Kelly

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The first woman to fly a B-52 recounts how she was forced to resign from the Air Force in 1997 because of her relationship with a fellow officer, which came to light during a highly publicized, controversial investigation

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nary young woman. An extraordinary controversy. This is Kelly Flinn's story--the one she couldn't tell when she was in uniform.

"I fell in love with the wrong man."--Kelly Flinn

She is the first woman to pilot a B-52, a charismatic twenty-six-year-old from a proper Georgia family who has always distinguished herself--as a fifteen- year-old at U.S. Space Camp and as a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy. There, she overcame considerable odds and earned a coveted position as a combat pilot. But nothing prepared Lieutenant Kelly Flinn for the controversy that erupted when the military began an investigation into her relationship with Marc Zigo, a man who lied to her about his marital status and then betrayed her to military authorities. Flinn was forced to resign amid charges of disobeying orders--charges she disputes in this poignant and powerful memoir.

This is the story of Flinn's love affair with flying . . . and the love affair that ended her trailb

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• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0375501096
• ISBN 13: 9780375501098
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 259