The whole Bird in A Biplane story is a prime example of fake news.
Managing the news, acts intended to influence the presentation of information within the news media
Spin (propaganda), a form of propaganda, achieved through providing a biased interpretation
News propaganda, a type of propaganda covertly packaged as credible news, but without sufficient transparency concerning the source
Disinformation, intentionally false information intended to deceive the target audience. (source wiki)
Artemis
PR was handled by Tim Kelley while Sydney based
PR company D'Arcy Partnership were paid by Boeing
Our Work > Aviation > Getting sponsorship to take flight
Celebrating its centennial in 2016, The Boeing Company sponsored aviation adventurer Tracey Curtis-Taylor on an intrepid three month flight all the way from Great Britain to Australia in an open cockpit 1942 Boeing biplane.
While maximising sponsorship value can be challenging for businesses, we helped create an extraordinary media campaign for Boeing that promoted the epic flight and most importantly created national news across print, online and TV, highlighting Boeing’s involvement with the journey – from the reliability of the original aircraft to its centennial - with a reach of over 12 million people.
We worked closely with Tracey and her team to ensure her last stop in Sydney created buzz around the country and the world. When her biplane touched down, she was greeted by cheers from media from four major TV stations - Channel 7, Channel 10, Channel 9, and ABC as well as The Sun Herald, Sunday Telegraph, AAP, Reuters, the AFP and a correspondent from the BBC. Coverage exceeded expectations with video footage of the landing across Fairfax Media sites, as well as quality stories on The Guardian, The New Daily and aviation specialists like Crikey’s Plane Talking, Australian Aviation and Aero Australia.
In addition to TV, online and print, we also arranged radio interviews on 2GB Sydney, 2UE Sydney, 3AW Melbourne, 4BC Brisbane, ABC 774 Melbourne and ABC 702 Sydney, as well as set up speaking engagements for Tracey with key Boeing stakeholders including The Royal Aeronautical Society and Aviation Aerospace Australia.
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http://www.darcypr.com/case-studies/...o-take-flight/
The solo claim was made D'Arcey
PR in a press release promoting Boeing that resulted in this story in Australian Aviation.
http://australianaviation.com.au/201...t-from-the-uk/
Tim Kelley, her
PR manager ,can be seen smirking behind her as she received the solo certificate from the Australian Women Pilots Association as part of the
PR campaign by D'Arcy
PR.
A high proportion of her Facebook followers actually believed the spin hence the vitriol aimed at highly respected aviation professional Barry Tempest.
However TCT also appears to believe that she deserved the Light Aircraft Association navigation award.
The AGM of the LAA was held 21 October 2016 at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire. The first public reference to the agenda which included the motion “for the Review of the Woodhams’ Trophy to Tracey Curtis-Taylor” was on 4 October 2016 and was brought by two members - Barry Tempest and Chris Martyr. Prior to the AGM over 100 proxy votes had been cast in favour of the motion, along with proxy votes on the resolutions at the meeting, following the online media campaign referred to below.
b. At the AGM itself there was a broadly-based lack of knowledge among members present about this motion, the fact that I had made any previous public statements, or the fact that proxy votes had already been cast. It was suggested to the Chairman of the meeting (LAA Chairman, Brian Davies) that in the circumstances the motion should be held over to another meeting to allow a full discussion – but this was refused. At the meeting, members expressed their discomfort and that an injustice was being carried out. Of the members actually present at the meeting (about 70), the overwhelming majority voted against the motion or abstained, but the motion was nevertheless carried by the proxy votes previously cast.
I fail to see any injustice considering she admits in the following paragraph it was not a solo expedition.
I have stated publicly previously (11 June 2016) that I am deeply disappointed at the comments coming from a particular source making false assertions that my flight expeditions should have been executed as solo flights – and that I have claimed them as such. I have previously stated they were not “solo flights”.
http://www.birdinabiplane.com/statem...24%20Oct%2016/
Which begs the question why did you accept that solo certificate Tracey?