Originally Posted by
Lind1795
I am female also and not for one moment have I thought this thread was sexist. My attitude to flying was always a case of getting on with it - no special treatment because of gender. The odd bit of nonsense I encountered I ignored and rose above.
Like Whirlybird I have encountered sheer amazement in the non flying world when it was apparent I actually flew the plane. It was just funny really.
Many years ago I learned to fly at White Waltham when the late Joan Hughes was CFI, and she told me during the war when she was with the ATA, she delivered a Short Stirling four engine bomber and the ground crew asked her where the pilot was! They soon got used to lady pilots like Joan and Lettice Curtiss delivering these machines.