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Forum: Private Flying
17th May 2017, 08:37
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

To whom did you speak? Ordinary members? I...

To whom did you speak? Ordinary members? I suspect if you spoke to any ordinary pilot, male or female, who doesn't read the Private Flying forum here regularly, they wouldn't know either. Indeed,...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2017, 07:25
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

If TCT had been a man there would never have been...

If TCT had been a man there would never have been this much fuss about her flying exploits in the first place!!! The praise for her is similar to the amazed reactions I sometimes got when I flew my...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Apr 2017, 13:32
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

This thread is in no way anti female pilots. I,...

This thread is in no way anti female pilots. I, and most of the other female pilots I know, are as outraged as anyone by the shenanigans of the "Bird in a Biplane", starting with that ridiculous...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Mar 2017, 12:05
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

Right, if I may attempt to summarise the last...

Right, if I may attempt to summarise the last couple of pages of posts...

Women have been doing some pretty amazing flights since...fairly soon after the dawn of aviation. Some are still doing so...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Mar 2017, 17:12
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

Clare, I met Nancy Bird-Walton when I was on...

Clare, I met Nancy Bird-Walton when I was on holiday in Australia some years ago. Long story...the AWPA arranged a meeting in Sydney when I was there, and someone brought Nancy along. She was 93,...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Mar 2017, 08:44
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

Shytorque, I know YOU know who I am,...

Shytorque,



I know YOU know who I am, as do lots of others on here. But only if they've been on PPRuNe long enough, as I rarely post here these days, and my post was to everyone.

Is it...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Mar 2017, 16:29
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

As a helicopter instructor - and I'm female, BTW...

As a helicopter instructor - and I'm female, BTW - I noticed over the years that it wasn't that women didn't want to fly, but they didn't believe they could. Typically, I'd take a man up for a trial...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Feb 2017, 16:26
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

I'm also a pilot who happens to be female. TCT...

I'm also a pilot who happens to be female. TCT has done nothing impressive. No-one doing it, male or female, would deserve an award. To suggest she should get an award BECAUSE she is female is...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Feb 2017, 09:00
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

A good point. Actually all the fuss, and...

A good point. Actually all the fuss, and definitely the awards, are highly insulting to women! Any half-decent female pilot would have refused them.
Forum: Private Flying
1st Dec 2016, 07:30
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

You know what I find really sad about all this? ...

You know what I find really sad about all this? Amanda Harrison, Tiger Moth instructor and by all accounts an excellent pilot, has wanted to repeat Amy Johnson's flight since before she even had a...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Nov 2016, 09:28
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

One thing Tracey doesn't seem to have realised......

One thing Tracey doesn't seem to have realised...

If she had done these flights solo, that might have been something worthy of admiration and an award or two. But she didn't. She says so herself...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Sep 2016, 13:35
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

Polly Vacher had a lot of publicity at the time,...

Polly Vacher had a lot of publicity at the time, though I don't remember if she got many awards...she got something from the BWPA, but that's all I recall. I remember her giving a really good talk...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Sep 2016, 08:48
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

Well, I've been listening quietly, occasionally...

Well, I've been listening quietly, occasionally commenting...and I may not be the only one. I'm a member, though not been on the committee or very involved for a number of years. What are you...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Sep 2016, 09:07
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

She doesn't need to make any claims like that. ...

She doesn't need to make any claims like that. She can say she originally wanted it to be solo, but realised fairly early on that she couldn't do it - she wasn't a good enough pilot, found it too...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Sep 2016, 08:42
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

If she's back-peddling to this extent, she'd do...

If she's back-peddling to this extent, she'd do better to come clean, tell the whole truth, and apologise. She might regain a modicum of respect that way. But I'm not placing bets on that happening!
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Sep 2016, 16:24
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

In the editorial of the most recent edition of...

In the editorial of the most recent edition of Pilot, the editor and all the staff are querying TCT's claims. I assume this is an acceptable source to include?
Forum: Private Flying
17th Sep 2016, 20:54
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,663
Posted By Whirlybird

Jay, I absolutely can't tell if your last post is...

Jay, I absolutely can't tell if your last post is serious or not. If by any chance it was, how about Jean Batten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Batten
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