Having read most of the stuff on here please could I save you all a lot of further anger and upset and try to summarise the position?
You can then all stop going round and round (and round and round ad infinitum)
1. she originally intended to fly solo but due to outside circumstances had to change her mind
2. some lazy journalists erroneously used the 's' word
3. she has sought to correct this at every opportunity
4. she was awarded a badge and wears it on her flying suit
5. she is female
6. as a result of her hard work she has some great sponsors
7. she has a high profile
8. many people find her inspirational
9. she's upset a bloke called Sam
er, that's it! Easy isn't it?