Girls and Aircraft - Volume II (2 Viewers)

[at6]

Oh, thanks for that, I thought I missed something...

You're most welcome. If I ever get to Australia we'll have to throw some Fosters back.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[johnbr]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Yep.....that's a Beaut....

 

[Gnomey]

 

[at6]

aaaaaahhhh,oooooooooogahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[fubar57]

Allied women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary service. Their job done, four female ATA pilots (three Americans and one Polish) leaving an airfield near Maidenhead, 19 March 1943. They are from left to right: Roberta Sandoz of Washington; Kay Van Doozer from Los Angeles; Jadwiga Piłsudska from Warsaw; and Mary Hooper from Los Angeles
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The only reason I posted this was to find out what the aircraft in the background was

 

[Mungo60]

I believe thats a Hurricane...

 

[stona]

Not sure, will have a look. It's ugly enough to be something by Blackburn Aircraft

Cheers

Steve

 

[Airframes]

Hurricane Mk.IIc foreground, Miles Master Mk.III in the background.
It was an advanced trainer, apparently with some unpleasant handling characteristics. The Mk.1A had a Rolls Royce Kestrel engine, and the Mk.III a P&W Wasp Junior engine.

 

[fubar57]

Much obliged Terry

 

[stona]

Nice one, definitely a Master. It is ugly enough to have been built by Blackburn.

It did have a bit of a gull wing, not at all like a 'Corsair' though !!!

From the nation that brought you the Spitfire, another beauty in all her glory.

Cheers

Steve

 

[fubar57]

That's the beast. I Google Imaged "British Gull Wing Aircraft" trying to find it and came up with the Corsair, Lysander and oddly enough, the Wyvern among scores of others but nary a photo of the Master

 

[Wayne Little]

Cool..!

 

[fubar57]

Third Officer Helen Ritchie, a Pennsylvania native, climbs into the cockpit of a Hurricane ahead of a delivery flight in 1942​

 

[michaelmaltby]

... I was not aware that there were American ladies delivering aircraft in GB.

 

[stona]

Somewhere around two dozen American women flew with the ATA. Many were recruited by Jacqueline 'Jackie' Cochran.

Jacqueline Cochran - Wikipedia

Cheers

Steve

Edit. A quick google turned up this rather more precise information

ATA members