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Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge
Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge
Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge
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Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge

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Nerves of Steel is the captivating true story of Tammie Jo Shults’s remarkable life—from growing up the daughter of a humble rancher, to breaking through gender barriers as one of the Navy’s first female F/A-18 Hornet pilots, to safely landing the severely crippled Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 and helping save the lives of 148 people.

Tammie Jo Shults has spent her entire life loving the skies. Though the odds were against her, she became one of the few female fighter pilots in the Navy. In 1994, after serving her country honorably for eight years, Tammie Jo left the Navy and joined Southwest Airlines in the early 1990’s. 

On April 17, 2018, Tammie Jo was called to service once again. Twenty minutes into a routine domestic flight, Captain Shults was faced with the unthinkable—a catastrophic engine failure in the Boeing 737 caused an explosion that severed hydraulic and fuel lines, tearing away sections of the plane, puncturing a window, and taking a woman’s life. Captain Shults and her first officer, Darren Ellisor, struggled to stabilize the aircraft.

Drawing deeply from her well of experience, Tammie Jo was able to wrestle the severely damaged 737 safely to the ground. Not originally scheduled for that flight, there is no doubt God had prepared her and placed her right where she needed to be that day.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherThomas Nelson
Release dateOct 8, 2019
ISBN9780785228417
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Captain Tammie Jo Shults

Captain Tammie Jo Shults is a Southwest Airlines captain and former naval aviator who received wide acclaim when, on April 17, 2018, she and her crew successfully landed a Boeing 737 after catastrophic engine failure and rapid decompression, saving the lives of 148 people. Shults’s early interest in flying led her to become one of the first female F/A-18 Hornet pilots in the United States Navy after overcoming several obstacles due to her gender. At the conclusion of her Navy career, Shults became a pilot for Southwest Airlines. Her incredible talent and notable history have made her an inspiration to many. 

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    Extremely inspiring.
    For the simple fact of being a woman Tammie faced many obstacles and overcame each one of them. I highly recommend this book.
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    Thank you, Tammy for writing an inspiring, informative and entertaining autobiography. And thank you for opening more doorsFor all the young girls that have the same passion for flying that you do. With much gratitude and blessings, Elizabeth
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    Great book by an inspirational person! She has put her heart in writing it! Amazing.

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