Record Breaking Flight

tigerfish
tigerfish Forum Participant Posts: 1,362
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edited February 2016 in General Chat #1

A few months ago in October 2015, a 53 year old woman Tracy Curtis-Taylor set off from the UK in her open cockpit Stearman bi-plane Spirit of Artemis" to fly the 14,600 mile route to Australia. Re-creating the cround breaking flight of Amey Johnson 80 years or so ago.  

I read a short paragraph in the times last week to say that she had arrived in Australia but the news hardly caused a ripple here!

Her difficult flight over no less than 23 Countries, making well over 25 fuel stops, would have been quite a feat of endurance had it been conducted in a modern twin engined Cessna or Piper aircraft, but solo in an open cockpit machine??  In all weathers??  Flying 6-8 hours every day ??

Yes!- I know she had a more modern support aircraft backing her up, but I still think it a feat deserving  of  far more acclamation than the almost total dis-interest shown by the British media.

It seems that any slight "wardrobe malfunction" affecting a so called Celebrety can get front page status, but a real and brave effort like that can be ignored just because she was not well known?

I dont' know her and have no connection or angle here.

TF

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  • Metheven
    Metheven Club Member Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2016 #2

    Have to agree, at least it was all documented by film and I hope she gets a fair chance of it being shown on the TV.

  • volvoman9
    volvoman9 Forum Participant Posts: 1,053
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    edited February 2016 #3

    That Brian is sadly the way of the world today as irritateing as it is Undecided

    peter.

  • tombar
    tombar Forum Participant Posts: 408
    edited February 2016 #4

    The trouble with the world today, its only interested in negative views never what is being achieved.  As the saying goes, good news doesn't payTongue Out

    I've always wondered why there can't be one day a week where you hear nothing but good news, never bad, its not too much to askUndecided

  • Graydjames
    Graydjames Forum Participant Posts: 440 ✭✭✭
    edited February 2016 #5

    I saw quite a substantial item about this on the BBC news; I can't remember which news - it would either have been the 1 o-clock, which I usually watch when working from home, or the 10 o-clock. I suspect it would have been the 1 o-clock because you often get more coverage of the light hearted type stuff on there which are ignored by the later news programmes. 

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