ON THE WING, Jessie Woods and the Flying Aces Air Circus by Ann L. Cooper

This is the biography of one of aviation's early pilots and daredevils. The Flying Aces Air Circus was the longest running of the early air circuses of the United States-playing consecutively from 1929 to 1938 with over 400 aerial performances.

Only 19 when she eloped with Jimmie Woods, a handsome barnstormer 30 years old, Jessie bowed to his will. They took off in a romantic whirlwind, but soon came down to earth. To lure paying customers for his airplane rides, Jimmie coaxed Jessie to perform on his airplane's wing …and much more! With Jessie as his star, he formed a paid admission air show in 1929.

Surrounded by flying gypsies, parachutists, and motorcycling daredevils, theirs became a raucous and rowdy extended family. For a full decade prior to World War II, they shared a nomad's life that mixed danger, hardship, and abuse with thrills and excitement. They made aviation history with the United States' longest-running air circus.

Jessie did it all. She stunted airplanes, walked on the wings, parachuted, and dangled from rope ladders. As a mechanic, she made repairs. She also taught WWII military pilots to fly.

Jessie's romance with a daring barnstorming pilot forced her to heights she'd never envisioned …and depths that she could never forget!

Published:		Black Hawk Publishing - 1993
Price:		$23.95
ISBN:		1-879630-17-6
		Hardcover, 160 pages Illustrated with 28 pages of black and white photographs
This book can be purchased from:		Black Hawk Publishing - Telephone: 973 895-4672 Women-In-Aviation website