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Women's Air Service (working title) is the third conceived book in the Eden Pond Series.

Overview

In 1943, the opening of the Tillamook Naval Air Station is attended by Tillie Larkin, close friend of Eden Pond and a member of the Women’s Air Service. She even lobbies the station commander for a place in the squadron. A longtime crop duster and barnstormer, Tillie offers to go up in her biplane and show the male Navy pilots she’s just as capable as they are, or maybe even better. She plans a few stunts that’ll make their ear hair curl. But as she clears the runway and starts to climb, her engine stalls and the biplane crashes, killing Tillie on impact.

The Navy is quick to write the crash off as pilot error, but Eden knew her friend was too skilled and experienced to make a careless mistake. She suspects something more sinister, perhaps even sabotage by military men who resented the presence of a woman pilot. With only the reluctant support of her reticent older brother, she sets out to learn the truth about Tillie’s untimely end.

Chronology
The events of the novel take place in August 1943. Women's Air Service follows Murder at the Shipyard and precedes Hanford Intrigue.

Major Characters

Points of Interest

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 ==Overview==
-In 1943, the U.S. Navy opens the Tillamook Naval Air Station to house airships intended for air support of shipping convoys along the west coast. [[Tillie Larkin]], pilot and close friend of [[Eden Pond]], offers her services to the station, arguing as a longtime area pilot she knows the coves, bays, and waters of the Oregon coast from the air better than anyone. The commander of the air station reluctantly allows her to serve in an advisory capacity, helping to train the male pilots assigned to the station.
+In 1943, the opening of the [[Tillamook Naval Air Station]] is attended by [[Tillie Larkin]], close friend of [[Eden Pond]] and a member of the Women’s Air Service. She even lobbies the station commander for a place in the squadron. A longtime crop duster and barnstormer, Tillie offers to go up in her biplane and show the male Navy pilots she’s just as capable as they are, or maybe even better. She plans a few stunts that’ll make their ear hair curl. But as she clears the runway and starts to climb, her engine stalls and the biplane crashes, killing Tillie on impact.
-But before they’ll accept her as an advisor, the pilots want Tillie to prove her own skills. A longtime crop duster and barnstormer who owns her own charter service, Tillie gladly agrees to show them a few stunts in her Travel Air E-4000 biplane—stuff that’ll make their ear hair curl. But as she clears the runway and starts to climb, the engine stalls and the biplane crashes, killing Tillie on impact.
+The Navy is quick to write the crash off as pilot error, but Eden knew her friend was too skilled and experienced to make a careless mistake. She suspects something more sinister, perhaps even sabotage by military men who resented the presence of a woman pilot. With only the reluctant support of her [[Merton Pond|reticent older brother]], she sets out to learn the truth about Tillie’s untimely end.
-The Navy is quick to write the crash off as pilot error, but Eden knew her friend was too skilled and experienced to make a careless mistake. She suspects something more sinister, perhaps even sabotage by military men who resented the presence of a woman pilot. With only her withdrawn older brother as support, she sets out to learn the truth about Tillie’s untimely end.
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