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#4338679 - 02/18/17 09:45 PM 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again.  
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#4338681 - 02/18/17 09:53 PM Re: 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again. [Re: RedToo]  
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Bless her heart,,I think sometimes we forget women's contribution in all wars ..Salute them also...


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#4338682 - 02/18/17 10:00 PM Re: 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again. [Re: RedToo]  
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Out Standing they let her fly again. Must have been a dream come true for her.


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#4338686 - 02/18/17 10:16 PM Re: 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again. [Re: RedToo]  
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Fantastic. Did you all notice the pillow.


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#4338794 - 02/19/17 05:17 PM Re: 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again. [Re: RedToo]  
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Wow ! God Bless her and the ower of her old Spit for being so cooperative. I hope that I am in half as good shape when I'm 75 let alone 100 !

In the article the young pilot spoke about her sense of location and direction.

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She showed me precisely how she was able to deliver all those aircraft with just a map, a compass and a stopwatch. I was utterly humbled by a superior aviator who also happens to be 60 years my senior!


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#4338811 - 02/19/17 07:20 PM Re: 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again. [Re: RedToo]  
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Cool story, congrats to her!

I wonder, any records of ATA pilots encountering Germabs by accident?

#4338816 - 02/19/17 08:02 PM Re: 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again. [Re: RSColonel_131st]  
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Originally Posted By: RSColonel_131st
Cool story, congrats to her!

I wonder, any records of ATA pilots encountering Germabs by accident?


" ... In February, 1943, a taxi Anson filled with 12 ATA pilots and flown by Jim Mollison, Amy Johnson's husband, was attacked by a Messerschmidt 110. Jim made a dash into a cloud and lost the unfriendly pursuer, then put down at White Waltham ... "

From:

http://www.airtransportaux.com/history.html

The short history also recounts the obstacles faced by the first women to join the ATA.


My 'Waiting for Clod' thread: http://tinyurl.com/bqxc9ee

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Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C.S. Lewis, 1898 - 1963.
#4339123 - 02/21/17 03:44 AM Re: 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again. [Re: RSColonel_131st]  
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Originally Posted By: RSColonel_131st
Cool story, congrats to her!

I wonder, any records of ATA pilots encountering Germabs by accident?

I would say yes.
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It was dangerous work. Mary was sometimes ordered to move combat-damaged planes that were not officially fit to fly, but had to be taken for repairs. She crash-landed twice and was shot at once.

Same link as OP: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4191976/Woman-flew-spitfires-WWII-celebrates-100th.html



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#4339160 - 02/21/17 07:59 AM Re: 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again. [Re: RedToo]  
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Imagine a similar situation today. In most cases these girls were flying state-of-the-art combat aircraft.They were quite often just given a list of notes for the aircraft type they were about to ferry and told to just get on with it.

I think it was this particular ATA pilot (Mary) who landed a bomber at an airfield but the ground crew insisted on searching the aircraft for the 'real' pilot.

What they did was quite remarkable.


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#4339197 - 02/21/17 12:25 PM Re: 100 year old WWII pilot flies Spitfire again. [Re: RedToo]  
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That's a great story indeed!! Thanks for posting that.


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