Originally Posted by Forfoxake;10256402[color=#333333
. All of these things, he passed off as inconvenient tribulations which it would be in poor taste to discuss
And each of the really great pilots I have been fortunate enough to know, amongst them Ray Hanna, Judith Chisholm and Stef Karwowski, have had one overwhelming characteristic in their personalities, a sense of humility especially when asked about their flying experiences and achievements. To them all awards and citations were more of an embarrassment than something to be fought over as though they are personal possessions.
When I read the quote from Ms Curtis-Taylor in The Times article
"I’ve had 35 years flying these kind of aeroplanes. I’m as experienced as anyone in the world flying them.” I noted not only a lack of that essential quality, humility, but also a lack of any sense of reality. No doubt Ms Curtis-Taylor's fellow Stearman (and similar) aircraft pilots from around the world will be happy to acknowledge her world leading expertise in their field.