Flying Alone

<p><strong>Strap yourself into the copilot seat and hold on for a ride you’ll never forget. </strong></p><p><strong>Starting at the small local airport the aviation world swallowed Beth whole and the next five years of her life were as turbulent as an airplane in a thunderstorm never knowing when how or if she would emerge. An agonizing love affair with her flight instructor dangerous risks in the sky and flying broken airplanes for shady companies all intertwined to define her road to the airlines eventually being hired by Trans World Airlines in 1989. Flying Alone relives the struggles and the challenges of civil aviation that Beth faced 30 years ago. </strong></p><p><strong><pwa class=pwa-mark pwa-mark-done data-pwa-category=grammar data-pwa-dictionary-word=Ultimately data-pwa-heavy=false data-pwa-hint=Missing comma after introductory phrase data-pwa-id=pwa-63BC2C0CF1156A2D8333716FF118A07F data-pwa-rule-id=INTRO_806663C99E5C1499BD4D8C868C694B1B data-pwa-suggestions=Ultimately>Ultimately</pwa> a story of survival and overcoming overwhelming odds Flying Alone is told with soul-baring candor taking readers on a suspenseful journey through terror romance and victory. “Flying Alone” is<pwa class=pwa-mark pwa-mark-done data-pwa-category=grammar data-pwa-dictionary-word= data-pwa-heavy=false data-pwa-hint=The punctuation mark '' may require a space after it not before. Consider moving the space. data-pwa-id=pwa-E02FF09A40ED036C4ADF8A66E8731285 data-pwa-rule-id=WHITESPACE data-pwa-suggestions= > ”</pwa>a memoir that reads like an adventure novel.”</strong></p><p>Beth is a former airline pilot for Trans World Airlines. She entered the world of civil aviation in 1984 shortly after graduating from college and for the next five years climbed the ladder to her <pwa class=pwa-mark pwa-mark-done data-pwa-category=style data-pwa-dictionary-word=ultimate data-pwa-heavy=false data-pwa-hint=Readability may be enhanced by removing this data-pwa-id=pwa-39EC3508CF17EDB5CC9691C1470EE035 data-pwa-rule-id=READABILITY_2684 data-pwa-suggestions=(omit)>ultimate </pwa>goal of flying for a major airline. Beth originally wrote Flying Alone in the early 1990s shortly after her career as a pilot ended and the memories were fresh. </p><p>Beth now has dual careers<pwa class=pwa-mark pwa-mark-done data-pwa-category=grammar data-pwa-dictionary-word=-- data-pwa-heavy=false data-pwa-hint=Do you want to use an em-dash here? data-pwa-id=pwa-AC6E8CDC2F51682008B7B2D995B1B330 data-pwa-rule-id=EM_DASH_DOUBLE data-pwa-suggestions=->--</pwa>Chinese translation and professional photography. She teaches photography workshops for Arizona Highways <pwa class=pwa-mark pwa-mark-done data-pwa-category=spelling data-pwa-dictionary-word=PhotoScapes data-pwa-heavy=false data-pwa-hint=Unknown word: PhotoScapes data-pwa-id=pwa-4497E8991D9E14454173731049AA1E89 data-pwa-rule-id=SIMPLE_SPELLING data-pwa-suggestions=photocopies>PhotoScapes</pwa> and her own company Ruggiero Images LLC. Beth has published a popular instructional book on night photography <em>Fun in the Dark: A Guide to Successful Night Photography</em> which has worldwide sales and she has <pwa class=pwa-mark pwa-mark-done data-pwa-category=spelling data-pwa-dictionary-word=co data-pwa-heavy=false data-pwa-hint=Unknown word: co data-pwa-id=pwa-A4933E06790447D64E8548E0FB193797 data-pwa-rule-id=SIMPLE_SPELLING data-pwa-suggestions=to~no~so~con~go>co</pwa>-written a book entitled <em>Everglades National Park: A Photographic Destination.</em> She and her husband live in Fountain Hills AZ.</p>