70 Women Pilots in the RAF
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70 Women Pilots in the RAF
I regularly collect Waitrose's freebie "Weekend" promotional newsletter and was intrigued by the following article which among other things states there are 70 women pilots in the RAF! Something I didn't know.
Julie Ann Gibson - the pilot mentioned in the article is on WiKi here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Ann_Gibson
This weeks article.
Julie Ann Gibson - DOB 1956
Julie Ann Gibson - the pilot mentioned in the article is on WiKi here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Ann_Gibson
This weeks article.
Julie Ann Gibson - DOB 1956
I regularly collect Waitrose's freebie "Weekend" promotional newsletter and was intrigued by the following article which among other things states there are 70 women pilots in the RAF! Something I didn't know.
Julie Ann Gibson - the pilot mentioned in the article is on WiKi here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Ann_Gibson
This weeks article.
Julie Ann Gibson - DOB 1956
Julie Ann Gibson - the pilot mentioned in the article is on WiKi here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Ann_Gibson
This weeks article.
Julie Ann Gibson - DOB 1956
A girl I was at uni with tried to join the UAS in 82 and was told it wasn't allowed and that she should write to her MP.
It was male only in my time, I didn't think it became available to the ladies until the 90s?
Happy to be corrected.
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Not just Pilots ... the OH wanted to go Provost when she joined in the early in the 70s, and that was closed to female officers too. Thank <deity> we have grown up at last, and stopped such irrelevancies.
There was a public relations event at RAF Northolt on 21 July 1989 when UAS cadet pilots Helen Colaluca, Jenny Mills and Sue Bryce-Smith were presented to the meeja. On the previous day it had been announced that women could apply to become RAF pilots or navigators.
At my UAS during recruiting, the adjutant said that there was a '10% quota' for women who could apply for UAS membership - I told him that there most certainly was not and that we would process all applicants irrespective of gender!
Julie had been an engineering branch officer before being accepted for pilot training; even in my time at a UAS in 1973 we'd had a female ground branch APO.
At my UAS during recruiting, the adjutant said that there was a '10% quota' for women who could apply for UAS membership - I told him that there most certainly was not and that we would process all applicants irrespective of gender!
Julie had been an engineering branch officer before being accepted for pilot training; even in my time at a UAS in 1973 we'd had a female ground branch APO.
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Looking forward to reading the follow up article...when the numbers reach three figures...and continue upwards.
It was male only in my time, I didn't think it became available to the ladies until the 90s?
Happy to be corrected.
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Mind you I suspect that they have the year she was born wrong.
