Explain why Ewald had to get out of the Stearman before landing in front of a big crowd in Baragwanath if dual was not an issue?
'Just guessing... Because the award is:
The citation was, "Award of the Bill Woodhams Trophy for a feat of navigation Tracey Curtis Taylor for her flight from Cape Town to Cairo in a Boeing Stearman a feat of navigation, aviation, tenacity and endurance."
Perhaps the presence of an ATPL second pilot (who never touched the controls
), in a very well equipped cockpit, probably acting a as a
navigator, removed the "feat of navigation" value of the award to Tracey! And, the issuance of an award for navigation under those circumstances would bring the LAA into disrepute! The quoted citation does read "
her" flight, not "their" flight.