{"product_id":"the-barnstormer-and-the-lady","title":"The Barnstormer and the Lady: Aviation Legends Walter \u0026 Olive Ann Beech","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e15th Anniversary Edition Hardcover by Dennis Farney. Updated by Jennifer Pitt, granddaughter of Walter and Olive Ann Beech.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is the story of Walter and Olive Ann Beech, the remarkable couple whose careers spanned virtually the entire history of American aviation. It is also the story of a marriage of opposites. Walter was a charming rascal, a hard-living barnstormer. Olive Ann was a shy small-town Kansas girl who hid that shyness behind an imperious manner and a backbone of steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTogether they founded Beech Aircraft Corporation in the depths of the Great Depression and guided their company to fame and fortune. Their lives intersected with the giants of aviation: Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, and many others. Their customers ranged from Arthur Godfrey to Lyndon B. Johnson, from Hollywood stars to Pentagon generals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTheir company did much to transform Wichita, Kansas from a dusty cow town to today’s Aircraft Capital of the World.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Commemorative Air Force Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52530523537727,"sku":null,"price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1288\/3039\/files\/Screenshot-2025-08-20-at-4.46.26-PM-480x583_cf42254c-1d51-479c-a6e6-01a827153b60.png?v=1774907297","url":"https:\/\/cafgiftshop.org\/products\/the-barnstormer-and-the-lady","provider":"Commemorative Air Force Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}