Good post airpolice and of course you have the answer to why she never flys alone outside a local comfort zone.
There was an ideal opportunity recently for a flight from Farnborough to Lee On Solent to collect her honourary doctorate from Portsmouth Poly. Then up to Brough or Humberside for her Amy Johnson lecture.
However she drove instead despite some of the best VFR this summer.
"Too late to scramble" she claimed in her unique quirky 'Aviatrix' style.
I had hoped to bring the #SpiritofArtemis up to Yorkshire for the Amy Johnson Festival 2016 but not enough time to scramble after a late finish in Portsmouth the day before. Yesterday I arrived at Amy's old school for the unveiling of a plaque by the Lord Mayor of Hull and Judy Chilvers, Amy's wonderful niece, who looks so much like her.
I then gave a talk last night at The University of Hull - lots of ladies in attendance which was great to see - and hope that I conveyed something of how important Amy's flight in 1930 still is today. She is a fantastic role model for this generation and it has been deeply satisfying to take her story around the world in the Spirit of Artemis.
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Of course that flying might have involved a bit of navigation and I don't think Tracey is up to that.
Meanwhile here are a few pictures to illustrate her claims of flying over Israel,Jordan and the Dead Sea with a 'military escort'.
Transpires it was a private registeted Israeli registered Stearman
Planepictures.net search: Registration: 4X-AAY
Who could that possibly be in the front seat of the Spirit of Artifice?
Surely not our elusive airline pilot Ewald Gritsch? Zoom in and you will see Ewald is flying and Tracey is sightseeing
Over the Dead Sea. Total width around 15 kilometres. Less than than Cardiff to Minehead!
