{"product_id":"bk-georgia-jipp-blizzard-pilot","title":"Georgia Jipp: Blizzard Pilot","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGEORGIA JIPP MIGHT BE SMALL, BUT SHE WAS BRAVE, FLYING 150 MERCY MISSIONS FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS DURING THE WINTER OF 1949.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeorgia Hoyt Jipp (1926–1987) spent her childhood in and around small airplanes in western South Dakota. She loved flying. Despite her petite size, she earned her pilot's license at age nineteen. In 1948, at age twenty-two, she married Richard Jipp. Their wedding took place in an airplane circling above Philip, South Dakota, while wedding guests listened in on the radio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA blizzard struck on January 2, 1949, ushering in three months of snowstorms that ranked as the worst in the state's history. Georgia answered the desperate pleas of ranchers, parents of sick children, and the American Red Cross, flying over 150 rescue missions during those three long months of snowstorms—more than anyone else in the state. She was a blizzard pilot hero!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e2025 Spur Award for Best Western Children's Picture Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBronze Medal for Best Illustrator in the 2024 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e2025 WILLA Literary Award for Best Children's Picture Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGold Medallion for Western Non-fiction \/ Young Readers \/ Illustrated Book at the 2025 Will Rogers Medallion Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shop EAA Merchandise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51519165301039,"sku":"2273543700000","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9272\/5551\/files\/GeorgiaJippBlizzardPilot.png?v=1768925659","url":"https:\/\/shop.eaa.org\/products\/bk-georgia-jipp-blizzard-pilot","provider":"Shop EAA Merchandise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}