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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Tillie is a close friend of [[Eden Pond]], something of a mother figure. She also a crack pilot and barnstormer. | Tillie is a close friend of [[Eden Pond]], something of a mother figure. She also a crack pilot and barnstormer. | ||
As a girl, she helped [[Merton Pond]] raise the twin children, Eden and [[Harry Pond|Harry]]. As a young adult, she came to love Merton—a love he never believed he could return. Nonetheless, she remained devoted to him and the younger Ponds throughout her life. | |||
'''Description'''<br /> | |||
She was a large, rawboned woman with wide-set brown eyes and dirty blond hair. "No man ever called me pretty, which is just as well. I'd probably deck him." | |||
'''Aviation'''<br /> | |||
Tillie owns a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Fox_Moth de Havilland Fox Moth], imported from the UK, which she uses for charters. For cropdusting, she flies a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_Air_2000 Travel Air biplane]. She runs her aviation service out of the Tillamook Airport. | |||
==Vital Statistics== | |||
'''Date of Birth''': 15 July 1904<br />'''Date of Death''': See Spoiler | |||
{{#spoiler:<p>Tillie dies when her biplane crashes at the beginning of [[Women's Air Service]]. At first her death is ruled pilot error by U.S. Navy investigators, but Eden Pond believes it to be the result by sabotage by a male Navy pilot who resented Tillie's aviation skills.</p>}} | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
* [[ | * [[Tillamook Guerrillas]] (working title), Eden Pond Book 1 | ||
* [[ | * [[Murder at the Shipyard]] (working title), Eden Pond Book 2 | ||
* [[Women's Air Service]] (working title), Eden Pond Book 3 | |||
[[Category:Characters]] | [[Category:Characters]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:08, 13 January 2022
Tillie Larkin is a character in the Eden Pond Series.
Biography
Tillie is a close friend of Eden Pond, something of a mother figure. She also a crack pilot and barnstormer.
As a girl, she helped Merton Pond raise the twin children, Eden and Harry. As a young adult, she came to love Merton—a love he never believed he could return. Nonetheless, she remained devoted to him and the younger Ponds throughout her life.
Description
She was a large, rawboned woman with wide-set brown eyes and dirty blond hair. "No man ever called me pretty, which is just as well. I'd probably deck him."
Aviation
Tillie owns a de Havilland Fox Moth, imported from the UK, which she uses for charters. For cropdusting, she flies a Travel Air biplane. She runs her aviation service out of the Tillamook Airport.
Vital Statistics
Date of Birth: 15 July 1904
Date of Death: See Spoiler
Appearances
- Tillamook Guerrillas (working title), Eden Pond Book 1
- Murder at the Shipyard (working title), Eden Pond Book 2
- Women's Air Service (working title), Eden Pond Book 3