readytake2:petermorwood:aber-flyingtiger:micdotcom:Watch: This 92-year-old World War II pilot owned
readytake2:petermorwood:aber-flyingtiger:micdotcom:Watch: This 92-year-old World War II pilot owned the skies in her old spitfire plane Damned good show.The absolutely best and slightly choked-up bit for me: “Okay, Joy, when you’re ready - you have control…”RIP Joy Lofthouse, 14/2/1923 – 15/11/2017, aged 94. Also RIP Mary Ellis,2/21917 – 24/7/2018, aged 101.(At the end of the video, when Joy mentioned the business of radios - Air Transport Auxiliary delivered planes that were “factory-bare” with none of their service equipment in place. No radios - and no guns either, so encountering an enemy intruder aircraft would have been… Exciting.)Look at these amazing ladies -- source link
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