{"id":16425,"date":"2020-09-21T11:22:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T11:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16425"},"modified":"2020-09-21T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T11:25:10","slug":"new-childrens-book-fly-girl-fly-tells-story-of-first-afghan-american-woman-to-fly-solo-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/new-childrens-book-fly-girl-fly-tells-story-of-first-afghan-american-woman-to-fly-solo-around-the-world\/%20","title":{"rendered":"New Children\u2019s Book \u2018Fly, Girl, Fly,\u2019 Tells Story of First Afghan &#8211; American Woman to Fly Solo Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new book, Fly, Girl, Fly! is due out next week, telling\nthe inspiring story of Shaesta Waiz, a bachelors and master\u2019s degree recipient\nfrom Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a licensed pilot, Dreams Soar\u2019s\nfounding President, and the youngest woman and first Afghan-American to fly\nsolo around the world in a single-engine airplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/FlyGirlFly-Book-Coveredit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16426\" width=\"221\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FlyGirlFly-Book-Coveredit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FlyGirlFly-Book-Coveredit-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around\nthe world, Shaesta faced many challenges before following her dreams and\naccomplishing a similar goal for herself.&nbsp;\nBorn in an Afghanistan refugee camp, she came with her family to make a\nnew life in America in 1987.&nbsp; As the book\ntells the story, she overcomes gender stereotypes and her fear of flying before\nbecoming the first in her family to go to college. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her story spread throughout the general aviation industry in\nanticipation of her 2017 crossing of five continents, making thirty stops in\ntwenty-two countries across nearly 25,000 nautical miles. Many aviation\ncompanies rallied behind the project by providing fuel, maintenance, parts,\nlogistics, security, and support along the way to help make Shaesta\u2019s dream of\nflying around the world and motivating young people come true.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaesta Waiz commented, \u201cI am thrilled to have my story come\nalive in this beautiful new book to further inspire young girls to follow their\ndreams. Thanks to author Nancy Roe Pimm and Beaming Books publishing for making\nit all come together, they have been a joy to work with. I am still so grateful\nfor everyone in the aviation community that helped make my trip of a lifetime\nsuch a success. I hope you all enjoy the book and share it with all the\nchildren in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fly, Girl, Fly! is the first authorized picture-book biography of Shaesta Waiz, and was written by award-winning author, Nancy Roe Pimm, who also authored The Jerrie Mock Story: The First Woman to Fly Solo around the World. The book is published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beamingbooks.com\/\">Beaming Books<\/a> and illustrated by Alexandra Bye. It is available on Amazon or from local bookstores and advance orders are being taken for September 22 shipments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backmatter includes more information about Shaesta\u2019s mission\nto empower girls to pursue STEM careers, details about her historic trip around\nthe world, information about her nonprofit organization Dreams Soar, and a\npersonal note from Shaesta Waiz encouraging girls to pursue their dreams.\nShaesta will donate all profits from the book to the Dreams Soar organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new book, Fly, Girl, Fly! is due out next week, telling the inspiring story of Shaesta Waiz, a bachelors and master\u2019s degree recipient from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a licensed pilot, Dreams Soar\u2019s founding President, and the youngest woman and first Afghan-American to fly solo around the world in a single-engine airplane. Inspired by Jerrie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16429,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16425\/revisions\/16429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}