she joined the New Zealand Warbirds and began to fly vintage planes and to learn aerobatics and formation flying.[4]
Career[edit]
In 2011, Curtis-Taylor flew in the Flying Legends show at Duxford Aerodrome, England.[7][8] She has also performed as a display pilot at the Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire, England,
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While all the did-she, didn't-she hoo-har rages on I find a nagging question in my head.
Why, why for Heaven's sake, would a Commercial pilot and instructor capable enough to fly aerobatics and formation and sufficiently accredited to display at Duxford with Flying Legends and at Shuttleworth actually
need a second pilot to get a very simple aeroplane from A to B on VMC hops even without GPS?
Surely she can't be so hopeless at flying that she couldn't cope with VFR nav with all those credentials? Why the need for someone to hold her hand? If she flew 4 of the 36 legs solo then it isn't an insurance or "owner always onboard" stipulation.
What is this dual business all about? Why was it ever felt necessary? There has to be a damn good reason for it.