The Aviatrix: Fly Like A Girl

Flying is terrifying to many people, and piloting an airplane is a domain seemingly dominated by men.When flying with her experienced pilot husband in their private airplane slowly but surely came to scare her todeath, Kim Jochl set out to overcome her fear by earning a pilot's license of her own. She figured the more sheknew, the less she'd be scared. In theory that was true; in practice it wasn't so simple. She knew it would be anincredible challenge, and one that might end in failure. But the encouraging, helpful, accepting, and genuine cultureof aviation helped Kim achieve her goal and discover the joy of flying.The Aviatrix is a candid, sometimes funny, definitely scary, firsthand look into one woman's journey to becominga pilot in the challenging mountain terrain of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.