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Old 23rd Sep 2018, 16:35
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Fly-by-Wife
 
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I posted this almost 2 years ago, so it's possible that some of the links no longer work, but it's still germane:

Originally Posted by Fly-by-Wife
It is truly staggering how many reporters / journalists / commentators / press officers / publicists "misinterpreted" TCT's jaunt to Oz as a solo endeavour - the following is a (by no means exhaustive) list of those that were labouring under this misconception before, during and after the expedition.

Even Boeing, one of the sponsors, thought it was to be solo!

http://www.boeing.com/resources/boei...essRelease.pdf

ExecuJet wishes Tracey Curtis-Taylor bon voyage as she embarks on solo expedition

?Bird in a Biplane? off to an adventurous flight in 1942 Boeing Stearman

British pilot Tracey Curtis Taylor days away from completing 13,000 mile solo flight - ITV News

Adventurer follows in icon's footsteps with 10,000-mile solo bi-plane flight to Australia - ITV News

16R News - Tracey Curtis-Taylor - Solo United Kingdom To Sydney

https://limitlesspursuits.com/advent...-to-australia/

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/tra...year-old-plane

Tracey Curtis-Taylor completes journey in the Spirit of Artemis from Britain to Australia Daily Mail Online

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...n-to-australia

Stearman solo success Flight Safety Australia

Round-the-world female aviator stops off for Dubai Airshow The National

'Bird in a biplane' euphoric after 13,000 mile solo flight to Sydney (From Herald Scotland)

Farnborough Airport, Uk. 1st October, 2015. Adventurer Tracey Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image: 88082336 - Alamy

Vintage Boeing biplane takes reassembly stop in Everett - seattlepi.com

1942 Boeing Stearman Spirit of Artemis - Manager Online

http://xtoday.news/media/50134/ae64-90-91-challenge.pdf

Britain to Australia solo flight makes Kingdom stopover Arab News

23 countries, 30,000 miles, 14 weeks: ?Bird in a biplane? lands in Dubai on solo flight to Australia - ArabianBusiness.com

Around the world in 100 days...in a 1940s plane - Khaleej Times

https://www.silverkris.com/stories/b...t-uk-australia

23 countries, 22,500 kilometre: This female pilot's solo journey around the world - Rediff.com India News

Girl power reaches new heights with historic solo flight to Australia Stow

I have omitted dozens that simply reported her "solo" arrival in Sydney (with Ewald in the front seat), as there are too many that were simply reiterating the story.

So many faces, so much egg!

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