Each of the 15 chapters chronicles the lives and careers of some of the world's leading female aviators. Each true story offers fascinating insight into their dreams, challenges and victories, as their unwavering passion for flight lifted them to the top of their profession.

The World Beneath Their Wings tells what it's like to retrieve a satellite in space; to rescue fisherman from a burning boat in the Bering Straits; to fly a B-1 bomber over over Kabul in support of U.S. ground troops; to wrestle the mistral winds in a blimp over the South of France.