Flying women movies???

I have an impressionable young daughter that doesn't seem to have an
interest in flying. However she has an interest in successful women.
Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who
fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented.
I'm hoping this will spark an interest.
Lou

The Flying Nun, of course.


Bertie

Lou wrote:
I have an impressionable young daughter that doesn't seem to have an
interest in flying. However she has an interest in successful women.
Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who
fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented.
I'm hoping this will spark an interest.
Lou

There was an interesting made for TV piece done on Amelia Earhart in
1994. I believe it was called "Amelia Earhart, the Final Flight"

There are others out here I'm sure, but this specific movie I know deals
for the most part with factual information instead of simply a
screenplay made for pure entertainment and I take it this is what you
would prefer to have her see.

--
Dudley Henriques

Lou wrote:
I have an impressionable young daughter that doesn't seem to have an
interest in flying. However she has an interest in successful women.
Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who
fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented.
I'm hoping this will spark an interest.

Fly Away Home ? (Anna Paquin)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Away_Home

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:36:27 +0000 (UTC), gatt
wrote:

Lou wrote:
I have an impressionable young daughter that doesn't seem to have an
interest in flying. However she has an interest in successful women.
Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who
fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented.
I'm hoping this will spark an interest.

Fly Away Home ? (Anna Paquin)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Away_Home


Agree 100% with Gatt. I thought of this movie immediately, but
couldn't remember the name. If this movie doesn't do it, nothing
will.
RNR

"Lou" wrote in message
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Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who
fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented.


The heroes are not women, and I don't know if you would consider it "family
oriented" but it was "Top Gun" that seemed to do it for my daughter. She had
her Private certificate before she bothered getting a driver's license. We were
lucky in stumbling upon Mary Gaffney, who was one of my daughter's first flight
instructors and a wonderful role model. It isn't often that you can go to the
NASM and find your flight instructor's picture on the wall!

You can, (and should) expose your children to all sorts of things that YOU
are interested in, but you can't MAKE them be interested in anything. They have
to do that for themselves.

Vaughn

You can, (and should) expose your children to all sorts of things that YOU
are interested in, but you can't MAKE them be interested in anything. They have
to do that for themselves.

Vaughn

Agreed, thats why I'm trying this back door approach.
Dudley, I thought about Amelia Earhart, but considering
her ending, I thought it would be better to go with someone
that has lived through her experiences. I'm doing a search for
Peggy Wagstaff now.
Lou

Lou wrote:
You can, (and should) expose your children to all sorts of things that YOU
are interested in, but you can't MAKE them be interested in anything. They have
to do that for themselves.

Vaughn

Agreed, thats why I'm trying this back door approach.
Dudley, I thought about Amelia Earhart, but considering
her ending, I thought it would be better to go with someone
that has lived through her experiences. I'm doing a search for
Peggy Wagstaff now.
Lou
I take it you mean Patty Wagstaff. Patty is a friend of mine and a very
fine person. Please feel free to access her web site and have your
daughter write to her. Please also feel free to have her mention my name.
I'm sure Patty will answer her when she has the time. Her schedule is
pretty tight.
Patty can be reached by the public at www.pattywagstaff.com/

Hope this is some help.

--
Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques wrote:

Patty can be reached by the public at www.pattywagstaff.com/


Yeow. She has a new look. What a rock star!

The last time I saw Wagstaff fly the younger elements of the crowd
looked bored. It bothered me until I realized it's because she makes it
look so easy that one might suppose anybody could do it.


-c

gatt wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:

Patty can be reached by the public at www.pattywagstaff.com/


Yeow. She has a new look. What a rock star!

The last time I saw Wagstaff fly the younger elements of the crowd
looked bored. It bothered me until I realized it's because she makes it
look so easy that one might suppose anybody could do it.


-c
She's a lovely person as well as one of the finest pilots on the planet.

You're right. She makes it look easy. She's also flying Jim Beasley's
P51 on occasion and her display in the Mustang is extremely well done.

--
Dudley Henriques