I challenge any of my critics to find any background to Tracey Curtis Taylor and her pre Artemis days.
All you read everywhere originates from her
PR machine.
http://www.lightaircraftassociation....tis-Taylor.pdf
Try finding out about her pre 2013 flying.
Google her on Wiki.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Curtis-Taylor
Well I have and it appears our "Aviatrix" has been a bit economical with the truth.
When she destroyed the R44 at Goodwood last year she only had 1430 hours in her log book.
Pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor bidding to emulate Amy Johnson hits a parked helicopter | Daily Mail Online
But Tracey Curtis Taylor ,the so called Bird in a Biplane, claims she was an instructor at Ardmore, Auckland New Zealand , was trained by military pilots when she joined The NZ Warbirds , and has been flying for thirty years?
However the news from NZ is different.
She left NZ around the year 2000.
Prior to that all I can find is she was initially a ground course instructor in Met at Ardmore Flying School and then became an actual flight instructor.
She only ever had a C-Cat instructor rating which had limited privileges, her instructing job was short lived as she lasted 18 months or so. So why did she not gain any hours? 1430 hours over a claimed 30 year flying career as a pilot and inspirational speaker?
I have discovered the only serious job TCT ever had in New Zealand was working for a company called "Air Logistics" in Auckland where she was a sales rep and not a pilot.
Her hours over the years suggest very little flying as per the accident report last year.
https://assets.publishing.service.go...6200_12-15.pdf
Her South Africa to UK and UK to Australia publicity events suggested solo flights while the reality is in my opinion she has never done a long cross country flight alone.
Since the rebuilt Spirit of Artemis returned to Farnborough it has remained on the ground while TCT has driven to
PR events.
Why would an 'aviatrix' with spirit and adventure want to drive when they can fly.
Could it be Ewald is not available?
The honorary doctorate from Portsmouth might be interesting for the polytechnic to justify when facts are checked as a Freedom of Information application is underway.
One credit I will give her is not many pilots get Prince Michael (cousin of the UK Queen Elizabeth) to turn up at so many of their pre flights.
Even fewer get to dine with him
Put this in to your google browser..prince michael tracey curtis taylor
Different days and suits...does he know this woman?
This first picture looks a bit close proximity to royalty you have just met
