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Forum: Private Flying
22nd Oct 2018, 13:58
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

We didn't, we had Whirlybird and Whirlygig. ...

We didn't, we had Whirlybird and Whirlygig.

Both of them definitely female fliers and I don't think that either would claim to been victims of misogyny, either on this forum or face to face.
But...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Jul 2018, 09:07
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

Interesting to see the same tall, bearded...

Interesting to see the same tall, bearded gentleman is once again in the same photo frame. Friends in high places...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Sep 2017, 17:57
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

I see no issue with that. :ok: But who is he...

I see no issue with that. :ok:

But who is he talking about? :E
Forum: Private Flying
9th Mar 2017, 23:10
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

Whirlybird, I do know you're female (we have met,...

Whirlybird, I do know you're female (we have met, I visited your house up near the TNT about fourteen years ago). By sheer coincidence I drove past there again only this week, first time since.

I...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Mar 2017, 12:40
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

Over the last four decades of my time flying for...

Over the last four decades of my time flying for a living, I've noticed two things with regard to women flying for theirs.

1. Women can fly if they want to.

2. Most women don't want to.
Forum: Private Flying
9th Mar 2017, 09:11
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

Haraka, I agree. I suspect that some old...

Haraka, I agree. I suspect that some old dinosaurs do still exist in the organisations that Ms. T C-T has persuaded to endorse her. She obviously made them think that she is doing something "new" to...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Feb 2017, 12:33
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

PDR, however much you might like it to be, I...

PDR, however much you might like it to be, I think you will find that it isn't libel (or slander) to ask a question of an individual.

In any case, you certainly haven't seen the wording of the...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Feb 2017, 07:03
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

Ms. T C-T was asked via her own website contact...

Ms. T C-T was asked via her own website contact facility about her unauthorised wearing of an RAF flying badge last October and because an answer wasn't forthcoming, she was asked again some weeks...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2017, 13:42
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

Deefer, you could ask her for details of her...

Deefer, you could ask her for details of her "outreach" programme via the "contact" system on her own website.

Having said that, from first hand experience, your question will be acknowledged,...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Dec 2016, 14:59
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

History won't be as kind as she might have once...

History won't be as kind as she might have once hoped.
Forum: Private Flying
10th Dec 2016, 16:41
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

My apology for possibly misquoting that - please...

My apology for possibly misquoting that - please substitute "military" for "RAF".
Forum: Private Flying
10th Dec 2016, 16:01
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

So why does she state that she was trained by...

So why does she state that she was trained by military pilots and wear RAF wings on her flying overall?

You are an RAF "veteran" (many of us here are, too), but not an RAF qualified pilot. You...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Dec 2016, 16:02
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

I earned a set of RAF "wings" the hard way. I was...

I earned a set of RAF "wings" the hard way. I was required to wear them on my RAF uniforms and flying overall for just under twenty years.

Now I'm a civilian pilot (have been so for twenty years),...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Nov 2016, 23:44
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

Ms TC-T could issue an apology for causing...

Ms TC-T could issue an apology for causing offence regarding the use of a non-entitled flying badge and desist from wearing them again. That would be enough for me.

She could do the same regarding...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Nov 2016, 18:37
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

JS, (To correct your earlier post #2550), ...

JS,

(To correct your earlier post #2550),

Ms. T C-T is listed as an Upper Freeman of HCAP, not as a Liveryman.
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Nov 2016, 12:13
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

SATCO's WB, I don't believe that HCAP will...

SATCO's WB,

I don't believe that HCAP will ever ask for the return of award the Master (note: NOT the rank and file members) made. The wording of the citation did not include the word SOLO. From...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Nov 2016, 19:22
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

As I mentioned earlier, if you hold a valid...

As I mentioned earlier, if you hold a valid pilot's licence and sit in a pilot's seat, you are generally regarded as a crew member by the relevant aviation authority.

Seems they have shot...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Oct 2016, 16:19
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

Follow the money? As the flights were...

Follow the money?

As the flights were undertaken by a PPL holder, no money will have changed hands except on a cost sharing basis.....will it?
Forum: Private Flying
28th Oct 2016, 15:14
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

If someone is retrospectively altering published...

If someone is retrospectively altering published material that might be used in evidence in court, and trying to hide the fact that it has been altered, surely that is a different ballgame...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Oct 2016, 18:00
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

Quite some long time ago I seem to recall a case...

Quite some long time ago I seem to recall a case of an aircraft accident in UK where both pilots on board were held to blame by the CAA. One of the pilots claimed that he could not be held liable...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Oct 2016, 16:49
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

It certainly did in the time that T C-T would...

It certainly did in the time that T C-T would have entered RAF training, had she been able. The Flying badge (Wings) were only awarded after advanced flying training was completed.
The RAF would...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Oct 2016, 10:58
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

People seem to ignore the fact that many women...

People seem to ignore the fact that many women don't actually WANT a career in aviation. Their own choice, not because the industry doesn't want them or tries to exclude them. My own daughter is...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Sep 2016, 19:47
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

It took me almost three years before I was...

It took me almost three years before I was allowed to wear and keep my hard earned RAF pilot's badge. Pilots could not regard the badge as truly theirs until six months productive flying service on a...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Sep 2016, 11:03
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,646
Posted By ShyTorque

I helped train some of the RAF's first female...

I helped train some of the RAF's first female pilots almost thirty years ago (the captain of the first RAF all female fast jet crew was one of my UAS students).

Now we are well into the twenty...
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