eastern with keith o'brien recount of a group of female pilots who made aviation history. that's tonight on booktv on

so so please put your hands to gather for keith o'brien. [applause] >> thank you so much for that wonderful introduction. so with those visions of the archetypes that lydia discussed i i would like to make a confession i don't particularly like to fly. i don't like turbulence or the drops that planes make for the inexplicable reason and at take off when you barrel down theke f runway 100 miles per hour and leaping into the air as you movh further away from the ground from safety? i don't like that feeling at all. i have to fly for work i do likk to travel for pleasure so not s flying is not an option but inevitably you will find me from ofme to time in the middle seatw that i alone am holding up the plane. a few years coach as ago i wasf these flights new orleans to chicago where the pilot comes on before hand to say it will be a bad flight. it was hot and stormy and dark and he was right in the middle of the flight bouncing around in the sky i and in my seats trying to be in a tiny ball but also resisting the urge because that would look i

how many hope that they crash and burn and then imagine so please put your hands together for keith o'brien speeseventeen. >> thank you so much. i am so humbled. so with those visions of the archetypes i would like to make a confession i don't like turbulent or the sound that the plane made for the inexplicable reason and i don't like take off when you are barreling down the runway 100-mile leaping up into the air so fast you can feel the weight of the plane and the air on your chest as you further away from the ground from safety. i don't like that at all. i have to fly for work so not flying is not an option so you will find me in coach as i alonw of coach as i alone am i alone am holding up the plane. so flying from new orleans to chicago when the pilot comes on beforehand to tell you will be a bad flight. if it was hot or stormy and dark and he was right to bounce around in the sky and trying to be in a tiny little ball but then she totally noticed and finally took pity on me and turned to me and say i think it can help you i have annexed one -- then i -- t8 t8. [laughter] why they woul

eastern with keith o'brien recount of a group of female pilots who made aviation history. that's tonight on booktv on c-span2. this weekend's full schedule is available on our website booktv.org. . >> good evening. welcome to politics and prose print my name is arianna. for those of you who don't much about us, we host events almost every day at all three locations here at the wharf. also check out ourhe register ay can give you a huge list of everything going on this month. i like to remind everyone to please violence your cell phones but we are getting lots of flash flood warnings which are loud and very disruptive so please make sure it's on silent. the task you use the microphone when you come up to ask questions. we are recording and keeping the spread we want to make sure we hear everyone's questions. after the event is finished, we asked everyone to fold up your chair and put it against something solid like a wall or a book shelf. steven received his 80 in history from harvard university and a degree in historic preservation from pennsylvania this tells the story of

eastern with keith o'brien's recounted of a group of female pilots who made aviation history. tonight on booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. a reminder that this weekend's full schedule is available on the web site, booktv.org. [applause] >> thank you for coming. recognizing some people in the room but first i want to ask you, is there anyone here who doesn't know anything about the indianapolis story? so everybody has a pretty general idea. so what i would like to do is start off by acknowledging some people in the room. first would you please stand if you are a u.s. armed forces veteran. [applause] >> thank you. and now please stand if you are in any way associated with the uss indianapolis story as a family member or maybe even a character in the book. [applause] >> so, we are so blessed to have with us this evening, mr. jim bell chef in the white polo shirt. jim is the son of one of the indianapolis survivors. so, james belcher, so this is jim belcher, james belcher jr., and also with us us captain william toti. bill was the last captain of the uss indianapo

eastern with keith o'brien's recounted of a group of female pilots who made aviation history.tonight on booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. a reminder that this weekend's full schedule is available on the web site, booktv.org. [applause] >> thank you for coming. recognizing some people in the room but first i want to ask you, is there anyone here who doesn't know anything about the indianapolis story? s