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Old 21st Mar 2005, 08:22
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KC-135 Crew ......

Photo taken over Afghanistan 2003 ..... members of an all female KC-135 crew .... is there anything similar in the RAF? ....

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At least post the good photo of those four lovely ladies.





Also the first "unmanned" B-2 flight.

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....Hmm..perhaps it's time to rename the cockpit the box office then?
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RJ .... it was the only photo I had but I do agree yours is so much nicer



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...conjours memories of the all-girl South African Herc crew at RIAT a couple of years back.....and the Turkish F16 driver
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The first thread to appear on PPRuNe for ages that isn't a load of bollocks!
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Old 21st Mar 2005, 13:13
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Whilst the RAF could have 'arranged' an all-girl VC10 crew, that would just be posturing for trivial reasons. If they ever happened to fly together it would be as a result of availability, nothing else....

Besides, the 'novelty' of all-girl crews is pretty demeaning to the RAF's ladies. The RAF has many very fine lady aviators* and does not need to make silly media gestures to prove it!

*particularly VC10 navs!
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Old 21st Mar 2005, 13:20
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A female pilot flew the B-2A for the display at RIAT on saturday last year. Not sure if it was one of those pictured though!
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You sure about the one in the right-hand seat? Looks more like an ex-C130 bloke driver I know.
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Those were women? Are you quite sure about that...??
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Galaxy C5b display pilot at Mildenhall umpty years ago was a girlie.

Lucky to spot her in the aircrew tent - she stood 5ft 3" in her flying boots.

The AEO in the bottom left hand corner gets my vote - YES!
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Old 21st Mar 2005, 14:36
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AEO??? That's a Pacer-CRAG bird!
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Besides, the 'novelty' of all-girl crews is pretty demeaning to the RAF's ladies. The RAF has many very fine lady aviators* and does not need to make silly media gestures to prove it
Oh come now BEagles, I'm sure it was a complete coincidence in Rostering .....



ps. three more Ugly females !!! .....

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..The one front right appears to be the only knocker (ooerr missus!) amongst them....now if I had to choose one, it would be the front left one...she's cute!

(edited after seeing Hobie's pic above: If my eyes don't deceive me, isn't that "2 sh*ts" herself in the middle there? ... and didn't the one on the right have a strange penchant for keeping rats or some such?)
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One of the guest speakers at the "Women in Aviation" conference which took place in Dallas last week was the sole female B-1B Bone driver, Capt. Kim Black. See Aeronews.net.

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Quite rare then to see a female handle a big BONE everyday, bet that shuts the lads up at the bar.

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"Photo taken over Afghanistan 2003" - typical women - nobody looking where they are going

Interesting thought - an all female Nimrod MR crew - what would you say to the wet lead?
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Do male pilots get "grouchy" at certain times of the month ?

Or is it that some females get grouchy twice a momth - and each time it lasts for 2 weeks ?

I need to know - Help !
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I think male pilots are the same all the time
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