Originally Posted by
ShortfinalFred
Does the LAA endorse its members navigating across international boundaries with a compass and a map?
I would have thought that the Bill Woodhams trophy awarded for "feats of navigation" would be just that. Stopwatches, chinagraph pencils and whizz wheels would be allowed too but multiple GPS systems and colour screens ? I do recall the good lady being quoted in numerous articles claiming that the aircraft was equipped with just basic instruments however photographs show that this is patently untrue. I also recall it being said by someone who was on the trip that she did none of the planning.
Then there's the episode where she busted restricted airspace, flew over the local bigwig's house and blamed it on the local controller. Who put that in the public domain ?