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Forum: Private Flying

12th Jan 2017, 21:18

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Re the BBC Radio 4 Midweek interview on 15 June...

Re the BBC Radio 4 Midweek interview on 15 June 2016, this is what I made of it at the time, as posted on the AH&C thread:
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Forum: Private Flying

7th Dec 2016, 23:18

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Quote: "Both Lady Heath and Amy Johnson flew...

Quote:
"Both Lady Heath and Amy Johnson flew DH60's "

FWIW, I read some time ago (as previously mentioned) that Lady Heath used an Avro Avian for her Cape Town to Croydon flight, and this article...

Forum: Private Flying

7th Dec 2016, 16:34

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

To finish the above quote: "...nothing like...

To finish the above quote:

"...nothing like flying a Boeing Stearman. [Points to photo of same flying near Ayers Rock.] Nice, big, roomy cockpit; great ailerons; good in crosswinds; you know it's...

Forum: Private Flying

7th Dec 2016, 11:27

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Speech to RAeS Sydney Branch

Guys,

Having just watched the video, I have to disagree with some of your criticisms of Ms Curtis-Taylor's performance. She speaks for half an hour, apparently without an auto-cue or even notes....

Forum: Private Flying

6th Dec 2016, 21:15

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Sacha Dench

Excuse the thread-drift, but if any pilot of light aircraft - male or female - is currently worthy of consideration for an award, the list should include Sacha Dench, She returned to Blighty...

Forum: Private Flying

1st Dec 2016, 22:05

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

I've just clicked on Jay Sata's link to a...

I've just clicked on Jay Sata's link to a Telegraph on-line article. The article is dated 9th January, and the secondary headline reads:

The British adventurer recreating a historic 13,000 mile...

Forum: Private Flying

1st Dec 2016, 09:06

Replies: 4,521

Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from Whirlybird: "Amanda has no money and...

Quote from Whirlybird:
"Amanda has no money and was going to rely on sponsorship. Now she can't get any. Everyone thinks Tracy went first, and isn't interested. "

That, and the cynical suspension...

Forum: Private Flying

29th Nov 2016, 22:33

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

SATCOs and Genghis, As there was no list on...

SATCOs and Genghis,

As there was no list on the website, and unable to attend, I phoned the RAeS yesterday, quoting my membership credentials, to ask who would be the award recipients that...

Forum: Private Flying

26th Nov 2016, 16:53

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from megan: "Terry, he was not a...

Quote from megan:
"Terry, he was not a passenger. He was listed on the accident report (which they blithely describe as an "incident") as a crew member, and he was logging all the hours during which...

Forum: Private Flying

8th Nov 2016, 18:43

Replies: 4,521

Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from Canute (my emphasis): "All that...

Quote from Canute (my emphasis):
"All that happened is that she got undeserved adulation and respect.
Neither of these are finite quantities. Nobody else lost theirs because of her."

No, but she...

Forum: Private Flying

25th Oct 2016, 19:02

Replies: 4,521

Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Thanks for your earlier heads-up re the website...

Thanks for your earlier heads-up re the website developments, Cessnafly.

So, in a statement dated 11 June 2016 (http://www.birdinabiplane.com/statement%20-%20Jun%2016/), a year after Sam...

Forum: Private Flying

25th Oct 2016, 09:48

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Hi KelvinD (and anyone else new to this debate...

Hi KelvinD (and anyone else new to this debate who is overawed by the prospect of scanning through 2000-plus posts),

Sam Rutherford's original, whistle-blowing post - on a sister thread which...

Forum: Private Flying

24th Oct 2016, 20:59

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Interesting stuff, Flying Goat, and fair comment...

Interesting stuff, Flying Goat, and fair comment as a general rule.

When the documentary of her journey from Cape Town to Goodwood was first shown on BBC4, many of us watched it with no little...

Forum: Private Flying

24th Oct 2016, 16:32

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Yes, Katamarino. Very much written from the...

Yes, Katamarino. Very much written from the lady's current perspective. The selective quotes from Messrs Gritsch and Rutherford seem to have been chosen to minimise the degree of the deception. It'll...

Forum: Private Flying

24th Oct 2016, 12:25

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Re pilotmike post #2001, quote from Wiki: ...

Re pilotmike post #2001, quote from Wiki:
"...the biplane was similar to Lady Heath's in size and design..."

I think it needs to be said here, for the benefit of readers who may not (yet) be...

Forum: Private Flying

21st Oct 2016, 17:18

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

FWIW, this was the situation at the new year,...

FWIW, this was the situation at the new year, after her arrival at Darwin:

http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/558368-lady-who-flew-africa-6.html#post9226040

Quote:
Is Ms...

Forum: Private Flying

14th Oct 2016, 12:23

Replies: 4,521

Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Quotes from Boeing, courtesy of Jay Sata: "With...

Quotes from Boeing, courtesy of Jay Sata:
"With support from Boeing [NYSE: BA], pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor has taken off on a 7,000-mile (11,000-kilometer) solo journey, in a reconditioned Boeing...

Forum: Private Flying

13th Oct 2016, 17:54

Replies: 4,521

Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from Canute (my emphasis): "Could...

Quote from Canute (my emphasis):
"Could somebody please post the combined evidence against her.
I don't mean rumour etc, I mean links to actual interviews where she says she is solo. Not other...

Forum: Private Flying

1st Sep 2016, 10:15

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from Jay Sata: "By the time they gave her...

Quote from Jay Sata:
"By the time they gave her a "framed address" this thread had been running for four months and Ewalds part in her " remarkable and inspiring" flight was well known."

And even...

Forum: Private Flying

30th Aug 2016, 15:42

Replies: 4,521

Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Chris Scott

Sticky?

Quote from Jonzarno:
"Although the thread seems to address a very legitimate and real issue; and some of the evidence presented seems pretty conclusive: the regular posters to it are no longer...

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