After only a light skim of the quote in airpolice's post.
Tracey was also shadowed by a small support crew comprising a pilot and cameraman, who travelled behind her in a light modern aircraft, to record the epic flight across three continents.
I think at times it was the other way round.
Later Tracey returned to the UK and became a commercial pilot and a flying instructor.
I don't think she holds a UK CPL or Instructor Rating. They were from New Zealand.
the first female pilot to be based at the historic Shuttleworth Collection, at Biggleswade in Bedfordshire.
My understanding, and I'm willing to be corrected, is that she 'only' had an aircraft based there. Rented hangarage if you will. Surely a female pilot must have done so there before the the end of the 20th century?