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#101 Post by More Aviation » Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:45 pm

Boac wrote:Sorry, MA - when you are feeling better, say again................


You blokes, ex RAF, ex BA ex whatever take the piss out of these girls. What can we do to make these flights real?

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Re: Tracey Curtis-Taylor arrives in Darwin

#102 Post by Boac » Sat Oct 29, 2016 7:10 am

Still having reception trouble, MA - which 'girlS'? I'm only aware of one I would not 'help'.

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#103 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat Oct 29, 2016 8:40 am

MA sorry, also don't copy.

If she had pitched up it would probably have been wearing Royal Air Force mess kit wings. =))
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#104 Post by More Aviation » Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:57 pm

Ex-Ascot wrote:MA sorry, also don't copy.

If she had pitched up it would probably have been wearing Royal Air Force mess kit wings. =))


I should have just squawked 7500 guys. Sanity hijacked by Cabernet Sauvignon.

What I was tying to get at is that we are all quick to decry Ms TCT but what can we do to help ladies like Ms Harrison fulfil her dream...? That is it is easy to pull somebody down (no matter how much TCT deserves this) but we should help others folks up as well.

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#105 Post by Boac » Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:20 pm

1) Contact Ms H's 'withdrawn' sponsors
2) Tell them who you are
3) Tell them they have it wrong
Please report back with success/fail.

The best way to 'help' these folk is to bring down charlatans like T C-T so the funding goes to the right people.

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#106 Post by More Aviation » Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:27 pm

Boac wrote:1) Contact Ms H's 'withdrawn' sponsors
2) Tell them who you are
3) Tell them they have it wrong
Please report back with success/fail.

The best way to 'help' these folk is to bring down charlatans like T C-T so the funding goes to the right people.


Not knocking the showing up the charlatans ethic at all by the way.

Your process flow is logical but misses the initial step, i.e. contact Ms H to see if she is still minded to undertake the flight as planned. Never tell sponsors, potential or otherwise, why they are wrong but always let them know why they can be right.

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#107 Post by Boac » Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:39 pm


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#108 Post by More Aviation » Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:52 pm

Boac wrote:The initial step??? Why not try
http://amandajharrison.com/2015/12/when-do-you-give-up/


I have indeed looked at that and even posted it in its entirety on this very thread. A woman, of course, is entitled to change her mind without any prior notification as I am sure you know Boac? ;)

Always good to check...

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#109 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Nov 04, 2016 4:54 pm

An interview in Singers on her way to Australia seems to have come to light where she states:
'An old friend from the Air Force also gave me his original RAF Wings that I pin to my flight suit'.

Totally out of order. On her hat, on her knickers or whatever but not over her left tit. She seems to be of the impression that if 'in her day' the Royal Air Force had accepted females for pilot training she would now be entitled to wear this brevet. Excuse me but who says that she would have made officer selection with such lack of integrity. Or indeed made pilot selection with her propensity to prang, sometimes into perfectly innocent stationary objects on the ground in excellent visability. Lack of spacial awareness is not becoming of a potential Royal Air Force pilot. Or indeed dropping the 'Royal' when refering to such a fine institution. I honestly wondered which 'Air Force' she was refering to.
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#110 Post by 500N » Fri Nov 04, 2016 5:08 pm

The mind boggles at doing something like that.

it's like wearing a Royal Marines Green Beret having been given it by a mate.

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#111 Post by Boac » Fri Nov 04, 2016 5:11 pm

....or a bit like claiming to be 'solo'...................

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#112 Post by Capetonian » Fri Nov 04, 2016 5:28 pm

She is a guest speaker at the Brooklands Trust Members' annual dinner.

I won't be there, I don't do fancy dinners and anyway will not be in the country, but I think it could be embarrassing if she is challenged.

BTM Annual Dinner with Sir Stirling Moss

Friday 25th November 2016

The BTM annual black tie/ white overall dinner is traditionally held in the presence of our President Sir Stirling Moss and Lady Moss.

We are pleased to announce that the after dinner speaker this year will be the aviatrix - Tracey Curtis-Taylor. No doubt she will be telling us about her latest adventures including her mishap in America which necessitated her Boeing Stearman being rebuilt.

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#113 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:31 am

Unfortunately it is a speech not a presentation so no question time.

OK, I give in, I have read everything on TOP and Googled. What is the Royal Navy connection?
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#114 Post by 500N » Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:44 am

Ex-Ascot wrote:Unfortunately it is a speech not a presentation so no question time.

OK, I give in, I have read everything on TOP and Googled. What is the Royal Navy connection?


She was made an honorary Lt Cmdr.


I think in all but a few cases, Honorary ranks or presentations of Berets etc etc are a wank.

Two that I can think of that I give credit to are

Terry Peck, a Falklands Islander who helped 3 Para throughout the campaign (even as a scout) and was presented with
a Red Beret afterwards - that he said meant more to him than any gong he got.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Peck

And Chris Terrill, a 55 Year Old reporter who passed all the physical selection tests for the Royal Marines and
was presented with his Green Beret. He then went to Afghanistan with the RM for a tour and accompanied
then on all actions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Terrill


Neither would have been given out lightly IMHO.

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#115 Post by Boac » Sat Nov 05, 2016 8:03 am

Perhaps she asked to see the Golden Rivet?

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#116 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat Nov 05, 2016 9:52 am

OMG, what were they thinking of. That's OK then, bust her down to the ranks for bringing the service into disrepute. Section 69 in Royal Air Force QRs.

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#117 Post by Boac » Sat Nov 05, 2016 10:20 am

bust her down
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#118 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Dec 30, 2016 5:40 am

If this woman gets a gong on Sunday I am going to leave the House of Lords.
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Re: Tracey Curtis-Taylor arrives in Darwin

#119 Post by 4mastacker » Sat Dec 31, 2016 6:34 pm

It doesn't look like her name is on the list .........but there's always the chance of another bite at the cherry in the forthcoming QBHL in June. ;)
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Re: Tracey Curtis-Taylor arrives in Darwin

#120 Post by 500N » Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:41 pm

I'll put a bet on that she won't get one.

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