Open skies : my life as Afghanistan's first female pilot
Record details
- ISBN: 1641603348
- ISBN: 9781641603348
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Physical Description:
xvi, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- My father -- The Soviets -- Courtship -- Civil war -- Escape -- The refugee camp -- Karachi -- Our return -- Life under the Taliban -- September 11, 2001 -- Invasion and freedom -- School -- Not everything changes -- Dreams form -- University -- A commercial -- Recruitment -- Basic training -- Friends, reflection, and graduation -- Joining the Air Force -- Medical test and more tests -- English is a requirement -- Move west -- Flight training -- First flight -- Things change -- Up where I belong -- Outed -- Graduation -- The squadron -- Flying operations -- The threats come -- India and AWOL -- Back in the air -- Contacts -- The United States -- My return -- Everything crumbles -- Opportunity -- Back in training -- Awylum -- What's next -- Afterword. |
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Subject: | Rahmani, Niloofar Women air pilots Afghanistan Biography Air pilots Afghanistan Biography Women Afghanistan Biography |
Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
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Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | YA B RAH (Text) | 37268003106994 | AHMFL YA Biography | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | 629.13 RAH (Text) | 92524725 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults RAHMANI Biography (Text)
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Plated 2021: In Honor of Hanover Lioness Club 17 Years of Service
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34007002438286 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Parkland Community Library | B RAHMANI RAH (Text) | 34422007234418 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Southern Lehigh Public Library | 629.13 RAH (Text) | 30044100855529 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | 629.13 RAHM (Text) | 34455006835421 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
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