Georgia Jipp
Blizzard Pilot
Will be published approx. on 13. August 2024
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-941813-51-5 (ISBN)
Description
Georgia Hoyt Jipp (1926-1987) spent her childhood in and around small airplanes in western South Dakota. She loved flying. Despite her petite size, she earned her pilot's license at age nineteen.
In 1948, at age twenty-two, she married Richard Jipp. Their wedding took place in an airplane circling above Philip, South Dakota, while wedding guests listened in on the radio.
A blizzard struck on January 2, 1949, ushering in three months of snowstorms that ranked as the worst in the state's history. Georgia answered the desperate pleas of ranchers, parents of sick children, and the American Red Cross, flying over 150 rescue missions during those three long months of snowstorms-more than anyone else in the state! She was a blizzard pilot hero.
In 1948, at age twenty-two, she married Richard Jipp. Their wedding took place in an airplane circling above Philip, South Dakota, while wedding guests listened in on the radio.
A blizzard struck on January 2, 1949, ushering in three months of snowstorms that ranked as the worst in the state's history. Georgia answered the desperate pleas of ranchers, parents of sick children, and the American Red Cross, flying over 150 rescue missions during those three long months of snowstorms-more than anyone else in the state! She was a blizzard pilot hero.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Pierre
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-941813-51-5 (9781941813515)
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Persons
Laura Beth Dean was born into a dairy farming family in Cooperstown, New York, and grew up relishing blizzard and sheep ranching stories told by her South Dakota relatives. When she was two months old, her parents took her on her first flight to Brazil. As a little girl, Laura loved flying in all sizes of airplanes, ranging from a Helio Courier propeller plane, to a Boeing 747 "Jumbo Jet." After an adventuresome childhood in five countries on four continents, she earned a B.S. in Nursing before settling down with her husband and three children in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia. Surrounded by farms and ranches, Laura appreciates quiet and blizzard-free adventures as a home health nurse. She is the author of the children's book, Sweet Potato Moon.