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Forum: Private Flying

9th Mar 2017, 09:38

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Flyingmac

I'm perfectly relaxed about being flown by a...

I'm perfectly relaxed about being flown by a woman. So long as the flight deck has been thoroughly checked for mice. The sudden appearance of one at a critical phase of flight is not covered in...

Forum: Private Flying

13th Jul 2016, 07:44

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Flyingmac

Photograph of Aircraft G-BTBH...

Photograph of Aircraft G-BTBH (http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/applicationmodules/ginfo/ginfo_photo.aspx?regmark=G-BTBH&imgname=G-BTBH003&imgtype=jpg)

Forum: Private Flying

5th Jul 2016, 11:40

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Flyingmac

Amelia Earhart's reaction to the adulation she...

Amelia Earhart's reaction to the adulation she received after her first Transatlantic trip.

Since most of the flight was on "instruments" and Earhart had no training for this type of flying,...

Forum: Private Flying

2nd Jun 2016, 17:03

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Flyingmac

Editor’s note (June 1, 2016): An earlier version...

Editor’s note (June 1, 2016): An earlier version of this story suggested this was a solo flight. It has now been updated to clarify Ms Curtis-Taylor was the only pilot to fly the vintage bi-plane,...

Forum: Private Flying

26th May 2016, 07:32

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Flyingmac

The way in which Batten went about funding her...

The way in which Batten went about funding her flights in no way detracts from her achievements. How many of us would fly a thousand miles over water solo, single engine, in crap weather, non-radio,...

Forum: Private Flying

25th May 2016, 13:07

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Flyingmac

If you can, read her book, 'Alone in the skies'....

If you can, read her book, 'Alone in the skies'. Scared the hell out of me.

Jean Batten, byname of Jane Gardner Batten (born 1909, Rotorua (http://www.britannica.com/place/Rotorua), New...

Forum: Private Flying

21st May 2016, 08:01

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Flyingmac

Incredible achievement with just two, sometimes...

Incredible achievement with just two, sometimes three support aircraft, one of them a shadowing helicopter and unlimited finance.:D

Forum: Private Flying

21st May 2016, 05:08

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Merged threads)

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Posted By Flyingmac

My very first flight in a powered aircraft was...

My very first flight in a powered aircraft was alone in the cockpit of a Tiger Moth. I was twelve years old.

That has to be award worthy, surely. I'll get onto the LAA. I want a Gong.

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