Female Pilot Taxis a Stearman into R44
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We will know that sexism is dead when the newspapers print photos of a male pilot in cocktail attire after an accident.
Ref Sams post, I concur with crab http://www.pprune.org/9012078-post17.html
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Female Pilot Taxis a Stearman into R44
Born in Blighty, grew up in Canada, very attractive. She's an aviator and Robbie killer. Oh and goes by Miss so I presume single, what's not to like!!
I wonder how much of a hero this half-truth pilot would have been if there was anyone in the R-44 doing their checklist???
Taxi into a ........ ANYTHING would only be understandable if you had some sort of malfunction! What was wrong with the Stearman??
Set to fly half way around the world, you bloody well should know how to taxi your machine.
And Luther,
Maybe cause the papers uses ''woman pilot'', and not just ''the pilot'' in their story.
Fits in with the Russian idiot in the R-22 story!!
Taxi into a ........ ANYTHING would only be understandable if you had some sort of malfunction! What was wrong with the Stearman??
Set to fly half way around the world, you bloody well should know how to taxi your machine.
And Luther,
And why did you say 'female'?
Fits in with the Russian idiot in the R-22 story!!
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The forward vis from a Stearman is near zero. Extreme caution is required when taxiing this aircraft type. Especially in congested areas, you need to taxi relatively slow and S-turn. If there is a distraction at hand such as receiving a transponder code, stop, enter the code and then proceed.
Prior to proceeding, consider adding some power with one brake applied to pivot a bit allowing you to see what was ahead of you prior to pivoting, in order to be sure that the area ahead of you is clear. Then you can pivot back and proceed forward.
This lady is nowhere near the first Stearman pilot to taxi into something(I know one who has), and is likely not the last.
Prior to proceeding, consider adding some power with one brake applied to pivot a bit allowing you to see what was ahead of you prior to pivoting, in order to be sure that the area ahead of you is clear. Then you can pivot back and proceed forward.
This lady is nowhere near the first Stearman pilot to taxi into something(I know one who has), and is likely not the last.
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Nubian, you need to look inward and ask yourself about mistakes you have made.
I am sure she did not do it deliberatley it is therefore accidental. In proffessional aviation we endeavour to understand how accidents occur.
Simply critising the pilot without any other information besides the final outcome evidenced by the pictures is one dimensional, un scientific and is the response of a mouth breather with a Neanderthal brain cavity.
I continue to defend Ms Tracey because she is pretty! This is also a one dimensional mouth breathing Neanderthal response but a lot more fun and a policy that may ultimately get me more sex which was of course the fundamental evolutionary aim of bein a Neanderthal.
Nubian, your harsh uncompromising view will not lead you to get more sex which is good as your kind are less likely to reproduce which is Fundementally Darwinian!
Come on........she is very attractive..............
I am sure she did not do it deliberatley it is therefore accidental. In proffessional aviation we endeavour to understand how accidents occur.
Simply critising the pilot without any other information besides the final outcome evidenced by the pictures is one dimensional, un scientific and is the response of a mouth breather with a Neanderthal brain cavity.
I continue to defend Ms Tracey because she is pretty! This is also a one dimensional mouth breathing Neanderthal response but a lot more fun and a policy that may ultimately get me more sex which was of course the fundamental evolutionary aim of bein a Neanderthal.
Nubian, your harsh uncompromising view will not lead you to get more sex which is good as your kind are less likely to reproduce which is Fundementally Darwinian!
Come on........she is very attractive..............
johni
Now why would you say she needs to find another hobby ?
I suppose you are one of those great people who have never f...ed up. If this is how she chooses to spend her money you are in no position to criticise. After all her money is now keeping others in aviation in jobs repairing the mess.
Now why would you say she needs to find another hobby ?
I suppose you are one of those great people who have never f...ed up. If this is how she chooses to spend her money you are in no position to criticise. After all her money is now keeping others in aviation in jobs repairing the mess.
Has been done before...
... by a male pilot. Therefore embarrassing things can, have and will be done by both sexes. Were are not only equally intelligent, but equally stupid, too.
And as pilots, I believe we are all guilty of some quite stupid actions, even though most of us are lucky, because it ended well. Otherwise we all could have made it in to the news.
It isn't a P-51 though. It's a P-3605.
https://youtu.be/hHvceGF0BqE
... and for gods sake, stop the Robbie bashing. It is getting old.
And as pilots, I believe we are all guilty of some quite stupid actions, even though most of us are lucky, because it ended well. Otherwise we all could have made it in to the news.
It isn't a P-51 though. It's a P-3605.
https://youtu.be/hHvceGF0BqE
... and for gods sake, stop the Robbie bashing. It is getting old.
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She happens to belong to a minority as far as pilots are concerned, so it gets mentioned. The word "pilot" would have been qualified had any of the following been appropriate: teenage pilot, geriatric pilot, inexperienced pilot, world champion pilot, royal pilot...and so on. (They wouldn't dare say "black pilot" or similar these days.) They'd only say "pilot" by itself if it was one of you boring, white, middle-of-the road, middle-aged lot. It's a shame, but that's the way journalism works. 
DB,
Keep it up! You seem to need some urgently, good luck!
I continue to defend Ms Tracey because she is pretty! This is also a one dimensional mouth breathing Neanderthal response but a lot more fun and a policy that may ultimately get me more sex which was of course the fundamental evolutionary aim of bein a Neanderthal.
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Looking at the picture of this incident, the thought that comes to mind is....
it is probably not a bad idea to be somewhat aware of the tailwheel aircraft taxiing around you and if there ever appears to be one approaching your position, be on alert to confirm their intentions and if there is even the slightest hint that they may not be aware of you, be prepared to get the heck out of the way.
Some Stearman History concerning Lloyd Stearman himself.....
"The tour was a two-week-long competition in which pilots flew from city to city throughout the Midwest. By the time it arrived in Wichita, on Aug. 13, 1926, Beech was so far ahead of the competition in the judging that only a serious breakdown could cost him victory - and his Stearman-designed Travel Air showed no signs of breaking down. Heralded by daily banner headlines in the Wichita Daily Eagle, the arrival of the Reliability Tour in Wichita should have been Stearman's finest hour. Yet the hour of Stearman's triumph became instead the hour of his life's greatest tragedy.
With Beech having won the Wichita leg of the Reliability Tour, Stearman took up a Travel Air and was performing stunts for the thousands of spectators, a practice that was common at each stop. When Stearman brought his plane down, he taxied along a roadway that served as a runway. Unknown to Stearman, one of Wichita's wealthiest and most prominent citizens, George Theis Jr., 64-year-old president of the Arkansas Valley Interurban Co., had parked his car on the runway to watch the flying. Theis' wife and two children saw Stearman's taxiing aircraft and moved out of the way. But Theis didn't see it, and Stearman's attention was focused elsewhere. When Stearman felt the left side of his aircraft hit something, he shut down his engine and noticed that his left wing had hit Theis' parked car. But the propeller had hit Theis, killing him instantly. His wife collapsed in shock. Stearman, too, was overcome, according to the next day's newspaper account: "When told he had killed a man, he collapsed and had to be lifted from the plane."
it is probably not a bad idea to be somewhat aware of the tailwheel aircraft taxiing around you and if there ever appears to be one approaching your position, be on alert to confirm their intentions and if there is even the slightest hint that they may not be aware of you, be prepared to get the heck out of the way.
Some Stearman History concerning Lloyd Stearman himself.....
"The tour was a two-week-long competition in which pilots flew from city to city throughout the Midwest. By the time it arrived in Wichita, on Aug. 13, 1926, Beech was so far ahead of the competition in the judging that only a serious breakdown could cost him victory - and his Stearman-designed Travel Air showed no signs of breaking down. Heralded by daily banner headlines in the Wichita Daily Eagle, the arrival of the Reliability Tour in Wichita should have been Stearman's finest hour. Yet the hour of Stearman's triumph became instead the hour of his life's greatest tragedy.
With Beech having won the Wichita leg of the Reliability Tour, Stearman took up a Travel Air and was performing stunts for the thousands of spectators, a practice that was common at each stop. When Stearman brought his plane down, he taxied along a roadway that served as a runway. Unknown to Stearman, one of Wichita's wealthiest and most prominent citizens, George Theis Jr., 64-year-old president of the Arkansas Valley Interurban Co., had parked his car on the runway to watch the flying. Theis' wife and two children saw Stearman's taxiing aircraft and moved out of the way. But Theis didn't see it, and Stearman's attention was focused elsewhere. When Stearman felt the left side of his aircraft hit something, he shut down his engine and noticed that his left wing had hit Theis' parked car. But the propeller had hit Theis, killing him instantly. His wife collapsed in shock. Stearman, too, was overcome, according to the next day's newspaper account: "When told he had killed a man, he collapsed and had to be lifted from the plane."
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Hi guys ... don't be too hard on the lovely lady cos the professional male isn't exempt from the odd taxying accident.
'Twas circa 1980 ish when I parked the company Enstrom 28A at White Waltham waiting to pick up the MD of RMC. Leisure Sport for those who remember. As I waited, a well-sponsored Pitts screamed across the airfield to launch into as thrilling a display as I had seen for many a year. The man at the helm being a highly regarded and well known-aerobatic team pilot.
As the guy landed, I thought I might get the chance to shake his hand but having turned off the active, the neat biplane was taxying quite rapidly in my direction. I wasn't concerned until at fifty yards I decided it might be better to vacate the helicopter. Said Pitts continued straight & level with nil look out turns and smacked squarely into the nose of my machine which offered little stopping power having the forward cabin made entirely of GRP. And yes .... the insurance paid out. Good old Brentnall Beard (Richards Longstaffe) for the COFs on here. Safe flying to all. Dennis Kenyon.
'Twas circa 1980 ish when I parked the company Enstrom 28A at White Waltham waiting to pick up the MD of RMC. Leisure Sport for those who remember. As I waited, a well-sponsored Pitts screamed across the airfield to launch into as thrilling a display as I had seen for many a year. The man at the helm being a highly regarded and well known-aerobatic team pilot.
As the guy landed, I thought I might get the chance to shake his hand but having turned off the active, the neat biplane was taxying quite rapidly in my direction. I wasn't concerned until at fifty yards I decided it might be better to vacate the helicopter. Said Pitts continued straight & level with nil look out turns and smacked squarely into the nose of my machine which offered little stopping power having the forward cabin made entirely of GRP. And yes .... the insurance paid out. Good old Brentnall Beard (Richards Longstaffe) for the COFs on here. Safe flying to all. Dennis Kenyon.
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She's tall, slim, big eyes, wide mouth, good figure. And can handle a joystick! Ummmmmm......pretty in my eyes! Went to specsavers cos Doc says my eyes have started to suck. Got two pairs. She's still pretty with them on or off!
Tracey, if you are reading PM me. Could be the start of something beautiful!
Tracey, if you are reading PM me. Could be the start of something beautiful!
