A Hunger for the Sky

AVIATION / BIOGRAPHY / WOMEN’S STUDIES ISBN: 978-0-9818238-0-5

A Hunger for the Sky is a collection of women pilot biographies, authored by Sparky Barnes Sargent and published by DGA Enterprises, Inc. The book features the personal stories of nine women who are irresistibly drawn to the sky.

Gathering of Women Pilots
Pioneering women pilots attend book signing,
05/23/09 - Swift National Fly-in, Athens, TN

L - R: Catherine Cavagnaro, Elaine Huf, Evelyn Bryan Johnson, Sarah Kelly, Sparky Barnes Sargent, Sandy Mercandetti, Jeanie Collins, and Sheila Mabbitt

CHAPTERS:

It's A Whole New World (Evelyn Bryan Johnson) Gone West - May 10, 2012
Read a Memorial Tribute by Heather Taylor, Producer of Breaking Through The Clouds
Read a Memorial Article - The New York Times
Read (and listen to) a Memorial Article - National Public Radio

Watch the "Anything is Possible" interview (recorded 8/15/2010) with Evelyn "Mama Bird" Johnson

Video - Morristown Regional Airport Terminal named for Evelyn Bryan Johnson 03-11-2011

WBIR.com - Interview with Mama Bird 11/24/10

Let's Race (Vi Blowers-Stamm) Gone West - December 18, 2010

The Only Thing I Ever Wanted to Do (Jeanie Collins)

Never Stop Learning (Elaine Huf - more info here and here)

A Happy Face in the Sky (Suzanne Asbury-Oliver - more info here)

"Sugar Flight" -- from 78 mph to .82 mach (Sandy Mercandetti)

Going Up for A Spin (Catherine Cavagnaro - more info here)

From Pipe Dreams to Skytrains (Sheila Mabbitt - more info here and here)

Keep Looking Up (Sarah Kelly - more info here and here)

Read Review by Kristy Hemp, Vintage Airplane, Vol. 37, No. 12, 2009

Read Review by Eleanor Mills, Editor, Short Wing Piper News, Vol. 30, No. 6 (Nov-Dec 2008)

Read Review by Gretchen Reed, Education Director, International Women's Air & Space Museum

Read Review by Robert L. Taylor, President and Founder, Antique Airplane Association;
and Chairman of the Board, Airpower Museum, Inc.