The Barnstormer and the Lady
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Honors & Appearances

Awards, upcoming and past appearances, and how to ask about an event.

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Honors

Awards

Tory Burch Posthumous Founder's Award

Accepted by Jennifer Pitt for her grandmother.

Olive Ann Beech

Manhattan, New York

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    Jennifer Pitt with Tory Burch. Courtesy of Neil Rasmus/BFA.com
  • Jennifer Pitt with Tory Burch and Anna Wintour in a crowded event hall
    Jennifer Pitt with Tory Burch and Anna Wintour.
  • Jennifer Pitt, holding the book, with Martha Stewart in an event hall with set tables
    Jennifer Pitt with Martha Stewart.
A frame from the Tory Burch Foundation's film of the award

Posthumous Founder Award: Olive Ann Beech | 2026 Tory Burch Foundation Founders Breakfast

Open film

Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine Induction

Walter and Olive Ann Beech

Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

  • Three people standing beside a framed painting on an easel under an outdoor tent
    Photograph by Biff Jennings

Upcoming appearances

Beechcraft Heritage Museum

Tullahoma, Tennessee

Event details

Past appearances

Live TV interview — WKRN-TV Channel 2 (ABC affiliate)

Nashville

Fireside chat — EAA Fly-In

Wichita, Kansas

Kansas Annual Book Festival — Washburn University

Topeka, Kansas

Aviation Weekend — Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Wichita, Kansas

EAA AirVenture

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

  • Jennifer Pitt seated at a table under an umbrella, holding the book, with a King Air behind her

America 250 / Wings of Freedom Day

Washington, D.C.

  • Poster for Wings of Freedom, July 3, 2026, Washington, DC: Jennifer Pitt in front of a red aircraft, with the Washington Monument and the Capitol behind her
    The poster for the day.

Book signing — Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Washington, D.C.

  • Jennifer Pitt holding the book beside a banner for The Barnstormer and the Lady in a museum hall
  • Jennifer Pitt holding the book in front of a museum display on general aviation manufacturers

Women in Aviation International Conference

Dallas, Texas

  • Jennifer Pitt beside a display of the book at an Authors Connect stand

Storytellers Bookshop

Dallas, Texas

  • Jennifer Pitt holding the book in front of the Storytellers shopfront

Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center

Dallas, Texas

Event details
  • Jennifer Pitt seated at a table of books in an aircraft hangar, in front of a vintage bomber and the United States and Texas flags

Mercer University Press Annual Author's Luncheon

Atlanta, Georgia

Mark Arts Holiday Tables

Wichita, Kansas

Book launch — Beechcraft Heritage Museum

Tullahoma, Tennessee

More appearances

Kansas Aviation Museum

Wichita, Kansas

Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame

Wichita, Kansas

Events & talks

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