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Old 10th Mar 2017, 00:56
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megan
 
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1. Women can fly if they want to.

2. Most women don't want to.
Think I have to agree with Shy. Today the opportunities are there, unlike the days when these Ladies fought for acceptance, and proved beyond doubt they were as good, if not better.

Jackie Mogridge



Jadwiga Pilsudska-Jaraczewska [Polish)



Mary Guthrie



Maureen Dunlop



Joan Hughes



Lettice Curtis



Diana Barnato Walker



First Officer Faith Bennett







Freda Sharland under the prop, Lettice Curtiss and Joy Lofthouse on the wing



All the above from ATA. Then there were the WASPs of the USA, Russian fighter pilots during WWII.

The Ladies are making their mark where they are not permitted to drive a car. First ever all-female flight deck crew for Royal Brunei Airlines has operated a plane from Brunei to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6931726.html

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