Nerves of Steel Nerves of Steel

Nerves of Steel

How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge

    • 4.8 • 99 Ratings
    • $14.99

Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2019
October 8
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Thomas Nelson
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
1.9
MB

Customer Reviews

shannabear1 ,

Nerves of Steel

Amazing! Evidence of God in motion. And faith beyond measure!

Cliffton Ponderosa ,

Nerves of Steel

This was a great book! Some of the characters in this book, if they are still walking the earth, should feel remorse for their actions of attempting to prevent a great pilot!

Spring Book Club Review ,

Calling All Girls!

One of the most brave and inspirational stories I’ve read in a long while! Capt. Schultz’s faith, determination and character in the face of predictable opposition dignifies her among the growing ranks of courageous women who dare to dream! This should be required reading in every classroom!

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