Quote from
Canute (my emphasis):
"All that happened is that she got undeserved adulation and respect.
Neither of these are finite quantities. Nobody else lost theirs because of her."
No, but she may have deprived others of the chance to obtain sponsorship for more authentic reenactments of pioneering flights. For example,
brakedwell and others will remember Amanda Harrison's attempt to fund a genuinely solo flight to Australia in a Tiger Moth:
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...ml#post9151101
Quote from
Canute:
"She is a bullsh1tter. A successful one. Nothing more."
Surely she and her team must have recognised some time ago that the game was up. Then the whole truth should have been told, together with some kind of limited acknowledgment of the failure to inform the media of the abandonment of the solo plan. That would have taken the wind out of our sails on PPRuNe! In not doing so, on the other hand, she continues bringing into disrepute light aviation in general, and British women pilots in particular.
It should be no disgrace that her flying skills are allegedly less remarkable than her talents as an articulate and entertaining public speaker, and her evident potential as a photogenic TV presenter. Had she adopted the latter role, acknowledging Ewald Gritsch as her co-pilot/instructor and giving due credit to him and the support team, she could have guided us viewers through her two journeys while contrasting the inspiring tales of her forbears' experiences - rather like Ray Mears has done on foot in remote parts of the world.
Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that the above role would have satisfied her overriding ambition. One is left with the impression that it's about her; not Mary Heath and Amy Johnson.