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India's first female fast jet pilot
Well done young lady.
And that's one hell of a piece of big old heavy iron Soviet jet that she's flying. Avani Chaturvedi: First Indian woman to fly fighter jet - BBC News |
when on 19 Feb 18 she flew a MiG-21 Bison aircraft in her first solo flight |
But if she flies single-seat who will reverse it out of the HAS for her?:}
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Originally Posted by Training Risky
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But if she flies single-seat who will reverse it out of the HAS for her?:}
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Good old Auntie Beeb. The Bison was a 1950s Soviet bomber (well, Bison was the NATO codename for it, with 'b' for bomber being a bit of a clue as opposed to 'f' for fighter as in "Fishbed").
Edited to add - if Bison is the Indian Air Force name for the MiG-21, I stand corrected :) |
Edited to add - if Bison is the Indian Air Force name for the MiG-21, I stand corrected :) |
Good to see that at last the bastions of Indian male chauvinism and discrimination are being slowly broken down. Maybe following the lead of the UAE who have for sometime had at least one F16 qualified mem'?
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The RAAF graduated its first two lady F/A18A drivers last December.
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Originally Posted by TCAS FAN
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Good to see that at last the bastions of Indian male chauvinism and discrimination are being slowly broken down. Maybe following the lead of the UAE who have for sometime had at least one F16 qualified mem'?
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Well done to her.
I always rather liked the '21. One of the better looking Soviet planes of the era. |
Good to see that at last the bastions of Indian male chauvinism and discrimination are being slowly broken down. Maybe following the lead of the UAE who have for sometime had at least one F16 qualified mem'? Neighbouring Pakistan has about 20 female fighter pilots - the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) began inducting women into combat roles in 2006. |
India in general is very far from breaking down the last bastions |
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The first female Chinese Air Force fighter pilot was killed in a collision with the Chinese aerobatic team.
What a waste of a beautiful woman . |
The RAAF graduated its first two lady F/A18A drivers last December. Heard there was one in the pipeline for Super Hornets, but not Classics - would be interested to hear more! |
Australia?s first female fighter pilots graduate | Australian Aviation
Our inspirational Defence Minister murmured it on social media back in December. Didn't get much media beyond the Oz and Australian Aviation. Possibly because they haven't released their names for security reasons. |
In this equality/gender world, why should this have it's own thread and is anyone really bothered?
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Evanelpus,
Because they are firsts and they have every right to be proud of their achievements. And if you'd bothered to read any news media lately you'd see that it is FAR from an equal world! |
Originally Posted by Fareastdriver
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The first female Chinese Air Force fighter pilot was killed in a collision with the Chinese aerobatic team.
What a waste of a beautiful woman . |
To see how casual sexism works, replace "waste of a beautiful woman" with "waste of a stunningly attractive man"
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