I take your point Cows Getting Bigger and perhaps could have worded that post better.
However 1500 hours seems a very low number in contrast to her claims of a 30 year flying career.
Not for the faint-hearted, flying in an open cockpit, exposed to the elements, represents a formidable physical and logistical challenge in a plane designed in the 1930s, with a top speed of 95 mph, an operating ceiling of 10,000 feet and a range of only 450 miles. But this sort of extreme flying is what Curtis-Taylor has been doing all her working life.
Mary Heath Project sponsored by Livewire Digital Ltd
I can find no reference anywhere of TCT doing any "extreme" or long distance flying prior to the Africa trip.
That press release and others suggest her occupation as a pilot. Apart from some part time ground instruction at Ardmore,New Zealand over 16 years ago there is no evidence she has ever been employed as a commercial pilot.
However she owns Bird In a Biplane Ltd and obviously receives income from that company via her sponsors. Does that constitute hire and reward? accounts here
https://companycheck.co.uk/company/0...ies-house-data