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Katie Cook Biography & Facts
Katie Higgins Cook (née Johnson) (born August 27, 1986) is an American aviator and officer in the United States Marine Corps. In 2015, she became the first female Blue Angels pilot, and flew the C-130 "Fat Albert" transport plane for two seasons. Her first show with the Blue Angels demonstration team was in El Centro, California, in March 2015. Then known as Marine Captain Katie Higgins, she made her Blue Angels debut at the age of 28. Early life and education Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Katie Johnson grew up in a military family that moved frequently, living in places including California and Japan. She is a third-generation pilot. Her father, Bill Johnson, was a 1981 Naval Academy graduate who flew an F-18 Hornet in the United States Navy and later worked as an engineer for Northrop Grumman. She graduated from W. T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia, in 2004. Higgins completed a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 2008. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, she went on to study international security at Georgetown University, where she completed a Master of Arts degree in 2009. She has a younger brother who also graduated from Annapolis in 2010, and works in explosives. Career Higgins became a naval aviator with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252. She served in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. At age 26, in her first action against the Taliban in 2013, she piloted a KC-130 (call sign "Filth02"), which fired two Hellfire missiles and eliminated an enemy position, saving the lives of a group of Marines. She also deployed to Africa with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis-Response in support of contingency operations. By 2015, she had flown nearly 400 combat hours in seven countries. Blue Angels In July 2014, the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron announced the selection of Marine Captain Higgins and other officers to the 2015 demonstration team. Higgins received repeated comments that the only reason she was selected was because she was a woman, but insisted that with the Blue Angels, "The candidate that is the best fit, gets the job – regardless of gender." Higgins was in her first Blue Angels demonstration in March 2015. The C-130 Hercules called "Fat Albert", which she piloted on rotation with other Marines, is the opening act of every Blue Angels show lasting eight-and-a-half minutes. The fastest maneuver performed by Fat Albert is called the "flat path", flying at 370 miles per hour at 40 feet. Other maneuvers include the "parade pass", a 300-foot pass at a 60-degree angle, and the "high-pitch climb", a 45-degree climb to 1,200 feet, followed by a steep nose dive that causes weightlessness for passengers in the back of the plane. By 2019, she was known as Katie Higgins Cook and had attained the rank of Marine Major. Media appearances In 2020, Cook made a guest appearance on the 24th season premiere of The Bachelor. During the episode, she helped bachelor Peter Weber, a Delta Air Lines pilot, organize a group date, in which he put the female contestants through a flight training program including a gyroscope ride. Major Katie Higgins Cook was recognized in American Valor: A Salute to Our Heroes, an Emmy-winning television special produced by the American Veterans Center and narrated by Harrison Ford. Personal life Katie Higgins married fellow Blue Angels pilot Dusty Cook, whom she first met when they were both at VMGR-252 and started dating after he left the Blue Angels team. They live in Texas with their children. Gallery See also Amanda Lee (pilot), first female Blue Angels fighter jet demonstration pilot References External links Video clip from American Valor (American Veterans Center) Blue Angels announce 2015 team members (United States Navy) Radio interview with Captain Katie Higgins (Detroit's NPR Station). Discover the Katie Cook popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Katie Cook books.
Best Seller Katie Cook Books of 2024
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The Nightingale Sisters
Donna DouglasTo the student nurses at The Nightingale hospital, the ward sisters are heartless and frightening, with impossibly high standards. But the sisters have troubles of their own... Vi...
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Mia the Way the Cupcake Crumbles
Coco SimonMia learns that you have to make your own luckrather than rely on fun trinketsin the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series.Mia is having a truly terrible week. So far she’s...
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Workhouse Girl
Holly GreenCan she escape her past?Patty Jenkins has come a long way from her povertystricken days in Brownlow workhouse.She now has a coveted position in the kitchens at Freeman's Department...
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Always in my Heart
Ellie DeanTHE FIFTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANUnited by love, separated by war . . .As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore, Sarah Fuller is for...
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The Reverse Your Diabetes Cookbook
Katie Caldesi & Giancarlo CaldesiThe followup to The Sunday Times bestseller The Diabetes Weightloss CookbookKatie and Giancarlo Caldesi are back to guide you through how to reverse the progress of type 2 diabetes...
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Katie Starting from Scratch
Coco SimonWhen Katie brings her maybesomeday stepsister to Cupcake Club, she gets her first taste of sibling rivalryand it’s not very sweet!Katie’s mom asks Katie for a huge favor: will she ...
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The Nurses of Steeple Street
Donna DouglasFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHTINGALE SERIES COMES THE FIRST BOOK IN DONNA DOUGLAS' NEW NURSES OF STEEPLE STREET SERIES.Welcome to the district nurses...
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Alexis Cupcake Crush
Coco SimonScience whiz Alexis is out to prove that cupcakes are healthy in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series.Alexis thinks she has the perfect project to win the Science Fair...
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A Nightingale Christmas Carol
Donna DouglasAll that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas… The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires...
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Emma on Thin Icing
Coco SimonWhen Mia asks the girls in the club to be junior bridesmaids in her mother's wedding, everyone is superexcited about the idea...especially when they find the perfect dress for the ...
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Mia Measures Up
Coco SimonMia is being cyberbullied, and she’s determined to find out who is responsible in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series.Mia is upset when her parents tell her she’s too...
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The Diabetes Weight-Loss Cookbook
Katie Caldesi, Giancarlo Caldesi & Dr David UnwinAs seen on ITV's Save Money: Lose Weight'I've got this book and it's fantastic' Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party'an inspiring recipe book' Daily Mail'The food h...
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Katie Just Desserts
Coco SimonKatie finally meets her father in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series.Katie hasn’t seen her father since she was a baby. After so many years apart, her father is tryi...
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Far From Home
Ellie DeanTHE SECOND CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital on the ...
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District Nurse on Call
Donna DouglasTHE BRAND NEW BOOK BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLASHer second book in The Nurses of Steeple Street series The Nightingale Christmas Show is available to PREORDER N...
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Katie Cupcakes and Wedding Bells
Coco SimonKatie is unpleasantly surprised to find out her family is moving into a new house after her mom’s wedding in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series.Katie’s mom is gettin...
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Mia in the Mix
Coco SimonAt Park Street School, you have the Popular Girls. They even have a Popular Girls Club. But what happens when you aren’t invited to join? Do you start an Unpopular Club? No, you st...
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Some Lucky Day
Ellie DeanTHE SEVENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANMay 1942. War can bring hope as well s heart ache . . . Kitty Pargeter loves the life she’s leading as a ...
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The Nightingale Nurses
Donna Douglas‘Pay attention please, nurses. The next six months will be the most important of your lives’It’s the final year of training for three young nurses at The Nightingale Hospital… Hele...
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Orphan Girl
Maggie HopeShe's no more than an unpaid servant...Lorinda is only a child when tragedy deprives her of her true family and, sent to live with her aunt in her boarding house, she grows up desp...
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The Low Carb Weight-Loss Cookbook
Giancarlo Caldesi & Katie Caldesi'The perfect cookbook for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight' Gary Taubes'The cookbook every diabetic needs.' Dr Aseem Malhotra on The 30 Minute Diabetes Cookbook'An inspir...
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A Leap of Faith
Trisha Ashley'One of the best writers around!' Katie Fforde 'Full of downtoearth humour' Sophie KinsellaSappho Jones stopped counting birthdays when she reached thirty but, even with her hazy g...
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Katie and the Cupcake War
Coco SimonKatie finds the courage to face off with a former friend in this addition to Spotlight’s sweet treat of a tween series.Katie and Callie used to be best friendsuntil Callie dit...
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Emma Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Coco SimonEmma puts her big sister skillsand her braveryto the test when her brother has to stay in the hospital.Emma’s younger brother Jake has been getting sore throats for quite a while. ...
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A Nightingale Christmas Wish
Donna DouglasAs Christmas 1938 approaches, the staff at the Nightingale Hospital have their own wishes for the festive season. Ward sister Frannie Wallace is hoping she won’t have to live throu...
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Alexis Gets Frosted
Coco SimonAlexis has true friends in the Cupcake Clubwhich is a good thing, because everyone else is calling her names.Everyone in the Cupcake Club was thrilled when mean girl Sydney moved a...
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Katie and the Cupcake Cure
Coco SimonThis first book in The Cupcake Diaries is told through the perspective of Katie Brown. We find Katie miserable on the first day of middle school. Her best friend Callie came back f...
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Emma on Thin Icing The Graphic Novel
Coco SimonThe bestselling Cupcake Diaries series is now available in graphic novel format! In this adaptation of the third book, Emma’s earning money left and rightbut is she in over her hea...
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Alexis the Icing on the Cupcake
Coco SimonThe Cupcake Club is thrilled to serve their sweets at a huge partybut can Alexis get over her growing pains before she sees her crush?Alexis is excited about the latest Cupcake Clu...
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Nightingales on Call
Donna DouglasFrom the author of The Nightingale Girls, The Nightingale Sisters and The Nightingale Nurses – perfect for fans of Call the Midwife1937 sees new challenges for the trainee nursesDo...
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Mia a Matter of Taste
Coco SimonMia learns to balance style and substance when she has to get glasses AND braces.Fashionista Mia gets some unflattering news from Katie’s mom, Dr. Brown: She needs braces. And just...
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Alexis Cool as a Cupcake
Coco SimonThe Cupcake Club learns that good leadership is a huge part of running a successful businessand friendship is the icing on the cake! Alexis is the clear leader of the Cupcake Club:...
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Alexis and the Missing Ingredient
Coco SimonAlexis thinks the Cupcake Club feels incompleteuntil she discovers that friendship comes in many flavors.Alexis feels lonely and left out when Emma goes away on a family trip. Sure...
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The Rainbow Through The Rain
Elvi RhodesPerfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, this is an emotional and powerful saga by multimillion copy seller Elvi Rhodes.READERS ARE LOVING THE RAINBOW THROUG...
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Daughters Of The Moon
Susan SallisLose yourself in this moving story of a sanguine bond between sisters. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Rosamunde Pilcher and Fiona Valpy; you won't be able to put it down.'Full o...
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Nightingales Under the Mistletoe
Donna DouglasChristmas 1941 and the nurses at the Nightingale are facing their toughest winter yet.With shortages everywhere, and every news bulletin announcing more defeats and losses, the Bri...
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Nightingales at War
Donna DouglasAs the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country…Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies but, determined to help the war effort, she goes ...
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Mia Fashion Plates and Cupcakes
Coco SimonCan the new Fashion Club be the icing on the cupcake for Mia, or is she in over her headshot?When fashionista Mia hears someone is starting a Fashion Club at school, how can she re...