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Old 22nd Sep 2016, 21:05
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Mike Flynn
 
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There is so much rubbish and padding on her wiki page which mirrors her so called talks.
Take this refering to the South Africa trip.

The journey took five years to prepare for, including finding a biplane which would cope with the heat of Africa.[4] After a search in several countries, Curtis-Taylor decided to have a 1942 Boeing Stearman restored.[9] As a result, the biplane was similar to Lady Heath's in size and design, but had some improvements such as a more powerful engine, additional fuel tanks,[15] and a GPS navigation system.[11]

So she spent years 'looking for a biplane that could cope with the heat'?

A phone call to the Tiger Moth Club of South Africa would have told her the DH82A happily copes with the heat.
The Stearman is nothing like the De Havilland that Lady Mary Heath flew. It is substantialy larger and not of the period being an American WW2 trainer. Of course I doubt Boeing would have stumped up big wadges of sponsorship if the Spirit of Artemis was British.

I fail to see what point the picture on her wiki article serves.
Spirit of Artemis flown by Tracey Curtis-Taylor, Amy Johnson Memorial Air Show, Herne Bay, England; August 2015
Wrong aeroplane dear. Amy flew a Tiger Moth named Jason.

If she really did want to 'emulate' Lady Mary Heath and Amy Johnson then flying a DeHavilland
was the only option. Plus of course doing it all SOLO

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