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Old 18th Jun 2015, 13:37
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Christine Davy

Surely Christine Davy has earned a spot on this thread?

Mostly before my time, but I think Christine flew most of the Connair/Connellan Airways fleet including the Beech 18, Heron, DC3 and F27. Wikipedia says she was the first woman to hold an Australian First Class ATPL and that she was a check captain. She was also an Olympic skier.

When Connellans closed she turned her attention to rotary wing and started at the bottom of the pile again, working at Alice Springs.

The only time I met Christine was when someone piped up on the radio one night at Troughton Island advising that the wind had changed direction & I was landing my C310 with a tail wind. It turns out the voice was Christine's and she saved this young pilot the consequences of a fundamental & serious mistake. During our subsequent conversation I found Christine to be gracious, knowledgeable and worth listening to.

IIRC, Christine was a Lloyds Captain flying helicopters in the Timor sea.

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Thanks emeritus, I'd never heard of Les Waters.
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