92 year-old former Spitfire pilot flies in one again...and she's a lady!

[buffnut453]

This is too good not to share:

BBC Radio 5 live - In Short, 92-year-old World War Two veteran flies Spitfire again

The smile on the old dear's face is just priceless! Simply wonderful!

 

[rochie]

Truelly fantastic

 

[Marcel]

Loved that! Thanks for sharing.

 

[vikingBerserker]

AWESOME!

 

[pbehn]

It surprised me that they didnt use the radios. Great video

 

[buffnut453]

IIRC radios were typically fitted at the squadron level so the aircraft used by ferry pilots wouldn't necessarily have radios installed.

 

[pbehn]

IIRC radios were typically fitted at the squadron level so the aircraft used by ferry pilots wouldn't necessarily have radios installed.

The lady concerned flew 18 types and they never used radio, they wernt trained in radio protocol. Another female pilot I remember was delivering an AC to an airfield in low visibility when she saw her colleague landing on the same runway but the opposite direction, almost a head on crash. She never mentioned radio at all.

 

[Airframes]

Superb! And what a sprightly lady !

 

[Milosh]

Some ATA videos


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALYlpvlgaqU

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAB5goCmg1o

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeT9GZDXhrU

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTTSoB8PrbI

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx4rSlUlaC0

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdgeXq2HHMw

 

[Gnomey]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Milosh]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Joy Lofthouse from the OP is in some of the videos.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Crimea_River]

Excellent.

 

[Glider]

Some of these women are quite remarkable. I have been reading up on the F100 and was astonished to read that a 71 year old woman went supersonic in one. At the time she must have been the oldest member of the sonic club