Originally Posted by
Jay Sata
This paragraph intrigues me.
Flying Spirit of Artemis, an open cockpit plane exposed to the elements, is not for the faint-hearted, and the flight represents a formidable physical and logistical challenge. In all Curtis-Taylor will cover some 7,000 miles in some 32 legs over six weeks in a plane designed in the 1930’s, with a top speed of 85 mph, an operating ceiling of 10,000 feet and a range of only 400 miles.
But this sort of extreme flying is what Curtis-Taylor has been doing all her life.
She has posted no evidence of being anything more than a ppl prior to Capetown.
I can't quite see what is intriguing about it, unless it's to muse on what is so extreme about it.
Basic arithmetic says that averages about 2 hours a day, leaving plenty of time to hang around waiting to avoid the worst weather, or call in mediators to help settle urgent personal luggage carrying disputes so they don't obstruct unglamorous details like periodic aircraft checks and an oil change or two.
To follow your licence track though, let's remember for a moment that a woman was captain of the first scheduled flight to arrive at Heathrow Terminal 5, surely a more practical albeit perhaps prosaic illustration to other aspiring women that there are careers in aviation.