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Death of a Lady Pilot (working title) is the third conceived book in the Eden Pond Series.

Overview

In 1943, Tillie Larkin, close friend of Eden Pond and flight instructor for the War Training Service, attends the opening of the Tillamook Naval Air Station. There, she lobbies the station commander for a place in the squadron, but he laughs her off. A longtime crop duster and barnstormer, Tillie intends to show the male Navy pilots she’s just as capable as they are, or maybe even better. She plans a few stunts in her biplane that’ll curl their hair. But as she clears the runway and climbs, her engine stalls and the biplane crashes, killing Tillie on impact.

The Navy quickly writes the crash off as pilot error, but Eden knows her friend was too experienced to make a careless mistake. She suspects something more sinister, perhaps even sabotage by military men who resented 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. Death of a Lady Pilot follows Murder at the Shipyard and precedes Hanford Intrigue.

Major Characters

Points of Interest

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-''Women's Air Service'' (working title) is the third conceived book in the [[:category:Eden Pond Series| Eden Pond Series]].
+''Death of a Lady Pilot'' (working title) is the third conceived book in the [[:category:Eden Pond Series| Eden Pond Series]].
 ==Overview==
-In 1943, as fears of invasion fade, the focus shifts to supporting the war effort both home and abroad. The U.S. Navy opens the Tillamook Naval Air Station to house blimps 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, [[Tillie Larkin]], close friend of [[Eden Pond]] and flight instructor for the War Training Service, attends the opening of the [[Tillamook Naval Air Station]]. There, she lobbies the station commander for a place in the squadron, but he laughs her off. A longtime crop duster and barnstormer, Tillie intends to show the male Navy pilots she’s just as capable as they are, or maybe even better. She plans a few stunts in her biplane that’ll curl their hair. But as she clears the runway and climbs, 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, Tillie gladly agrees to go up in her Travel Air E-4000 biplane and show them a few stunts—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 quickly writes the crash off as pilot error, but Eden knows her friend was too experienced to make a careless mistake. She suspects something more sinister, perhaps even sabotage by military men who resented 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.
-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 the help of her friend Deputy Allan Stern, she sets out to learn the truth about Tillie’s untimely end.
+'''Chronology'''<br />
+The [[Eden Pond Chronology|events]] of the novel take place in August 1943. ''Death of a Lady Pilot'' follows [[Murder at the Shipyard]] and precedes [[Hanford Intrigue]].
-The [[Eden Pond Chronology|events]] of the novel take place in August and September, 1943. ''Women's Air Service'' follows [[Murder at the Shipyard]] and precedes [[Fire Balloon]].
 ==Major Characters==
 * [[Eden Pond]]
 * [[Merton Pond]]
-* [[Allen Birch]]
+* [[Paul Berenger]]
 * [[Clifford Stern]]
 * [[Tillie Larkin]]
+==Points of Interest==
+* [[Radar Station B-25]]
+* [[Tillamook Naval Air Station]]
+* [[Pond Salvage and Repair]]
 [[Category:Books]]
 [[Category:Eden Pond Series]]
-[[Category:Works-in-Progress]]
+[[Category:Planned]]