I've gradually read this thread all the way through, in 3 or 4 visits.
It amuses me to think of the wording of that award citation, something like by all accounts, overcoming unforeseen difficulties ...
What can be unforeseen difficulties nowadays? Surely nothing to do with weather? Inadvertent arrival in a country just as war breaks out? Infestation of the airframe by insect swarms? Nope, I just thought of those.
In some article TCT admits she can be a bit sharp with fools on the ground. And somewhere above we have an example, who will get her bags to the hotel.
Oh dear.
Even the possibility of arriving at Farnborough just in time is overblown in how intrepid it is. Four days? Some of us could drive a car there and back in just over two days. Come to think of it, put the plane on or in a trailer and let someone tow it.
Last edited by aox; 9th Jul 2016 at 19:52.