Piperboy, yours and deefer's thoughts would, and could, arguably be accepted if this was just one or two journo's whom misunderstood her.
It's not though, is it. I have counted at least 15 different sources.
Consider this...this thread has been brought to her attention. She disagrees with what has been said and then makes a 'statement' in a failed attempt of covering her deceit.
If she was misunderstood that much, she would have read what had been said and made a similar 'statement' long before this thread started.
If she had said, "I fancied a long jolly to Australia. I approached EG as he had a stupendous Stearman. I approached Artemis for funds to buy our Avgas.
The job was a good'en. I was nothing more than Ewald's companion and we shared jollies on the stick together."
But I doubt that would have deserved any awards.