'Fly it Forward' Challenge
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ewein2412On Saturday 10 March 2012, over a hundred small aircraft and their pilots joined in a fly-out from Headcorn in England to Le Touquet in France to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first flight across the English Channel by a woman, American Harriet Quimby.
I just love the photo of the woman dressed in Harriet Quimby’s purple flying suit.
Meanwhile, other women around the UK and the world participated in Women of Aviation week through an initiative known as 'Fly It Forward'. As a worldwide show of unity, women pilots have been introducing other women to the joys of flight.
Unfortunately I’m still not qualified to carry passengers as Pilot 1, so we had to get a flight instructor to come along so I could let my friend Sarah Carstairs get her hands on the controls. The cool thing about this was that the lovely instructor, Montse Mas Arcos, is Spanish, which made our flight a multinational thing - Sarah being British and me being American.
Sarah In Control
Appropriately (though we weren’t actually crossing the Channel ourselves), we flew north from Dundee to Montrose by way of the North Sea - had a terrific view of the cliffs and Lunan Bay. Scotland is really a very beautiful place to fly. Sarah got to fly back most of the way from Montrose right to the reporting point at Broughty Ferry.
Dundee looking good!
The Angus coast
I handed out the requisite Cadbury’s Dairy Milk after the flight - everybody feeling pleased with themselves. Me for organizing it, Sarah for flying, and Montse because she’d just heard she’s been accepted at Loganair as a commercial pilot.
‘A flying girl! A girl flying an aeroplane!’
That’s me on the left, with Montse (the pilot) in the middle and Sarah on the right. The plane is a Piper Warrior.
For more information about Women of Aviation Week, visit the site at http://www.womenofaviationweek.org
I just love the photo of the woman dressed in Harriet Quimby’s purple flying suit.
Meanwhile, other women around the UK and the world participated in Women of Aviation week through an initiative known as 'Fly It Forward'. As a worldwide show of unity, women pilots have been introducing other women to the joys of flight.
Unfortunately I’m still not qualified to carry passengers as Pilot 1, so we had to get a flight instructor to come along so I could let my friend Sarah Carstairs get her hands on the controls. The cool thing about this was that the lovely instructor, Montse Mas Arcos, is Spanish, which made our flight a multinational thing - Sarah being British and me being American.
Sarah In ControlAppropriately (though we weren’t actually crossing the Channel ourselves), we flew north from Dundee to Montrose by way of the North Sea - had a terrific view of the cliffs and Lunan Bay. Scotland is really a very beautiful place to fly. Sarah got to fly back most of the way from Montrose right to the reporting point at Broughty Ferry.
Dundee looking good! The Angus coastI handed out the requisite Cadbury’s Dairy Milk after the flight - everybody feeling pleased with themselves. Me for organizing it, Sarah for flying, and Montse because she’d just heard she’s been accepted at Loganair as a commercial pilot.
‘A flying girl! A girl flying an aeroplane!’
That’s me on the left, with Montse (the pilot) in the middle and Sarah on the right. The plane is a Piper Warrior.
For more information about Women of Aviation Week, visit the site at http://www.womenofaviationweek.org
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Date: 2012-03-12 02:37 pm (UTC)Tanita says:
Date: 2012-03-12 04:12 pm (UTC)What a fun day out, and you all look quite professional.
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Date: 2012-03-12 03:28 pm (UTC)That is lovely.
Congratulations!
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