Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
Jul 16, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 15 segments
Send us Fan Mail In her memoir, *Lady MacGyver*, Michelle Huntington shares everything from ferry flights across oceans to surviving a lightning…
Michelle HuntingtonGuest
Liz BookerHost
I mean, where else in the world do you need to chase kangaroos off the runway so that you can take off?
We have to chase other beasts off the runway, but not kangaroos, so that's really cool.
Um, and then it tells us so much about you as a pilot and your diligence and, and your attitude, um, as a professional.
It's also indicative of the book, and this is how you kind of serve up just these little vignettes of your story.
And, um, they, but they-- It's, it's enough to just read a chapter and get a little bit of it, and it's an easy read.
I mean, easy in that there are short little snippets, and you can come in and out of the book comfortably without feeling like, "Oh, I lost my place," or anything like that.
It's another one that I, uh, I'm gonna add to my list for, you know, every pilot should read this book, and I love that, that particular reading.
I mean, where else in the world do you need to chase kangaroos off the runway so that you can take off?
We have to chase other beasts off the runway, but not kangaroos, so that's really cool.
Um, and then it tells us so much about you as a pilot and your diligence and, and your attitude, um, as a professional.
It's also indicative of the book, and this is how you kind of serve up just these little vignettes of your story.
And, um, they, but they-- It's, it's enough to just read a chapter and get a little bit of it, and it's an easy read.
I mean, easy in that there are short little snippets, and you can come in and out of the book comfortably without feeling like, "Oh, I lost my place," or anything like that.
It's another one that I, uh, I'm gonna add to my list for, you know, every pilot should read this book, and I love that, that particular reading.
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