Life Takes Wings

<p dir=ltr><b><span>In </span><span><span><i>Life Takes Wings</i></span></span><span></span><span> Captain Lynn Rippelmeyer soars with inspiration from a starry-eyed farm girl gazing at the sky to flight attendant to first female pilot of the revolutionary Boeing 747.</span></b></p><span>More than just a story of one woman's love affair with the skies </span><span><i>Life Takes Wings</i></span><span> </span><span>combines lessons in tenacity humility humor perseverance and partnership with the exhilaration of defying social norms and the rewards of being true to oneself. Inspired to become a commercial airline pilot in an age when it was not an option for girls serendipitous relationships lead Lynn to her first flying lessons in a seaplane then to becoming flight instructor and charter pilot while also working as a flight attendant. Perceived as being incapable of flying women were relegated to the cabin. Ignoring the pilots' negative comments Lynn became a number of aviation's female firsts - member of first all-female commercial airline crew first flight attendant-to-pilot and first female pilot of the Boeing 747. Through laughter and tears </span><span><i>Life Takes Wings</i></span><span> </span><span>shows the sky is no limit for those who follow their dreams.</span>