[sdiy] Female sdiy'ers

[Graham Atkins]

Aaron,

On 16 Jun 2009, at 18:23, Aaron Lanterman wrote:

> My dad has built and flown remote controlled airplanes for 50  
> years... I recall him saying that in that entire time, he had seen  
> at most one or two female pilots.

I was lucky enough to learn to fly in the late 80's and I'm happy to  
say there are many female pilots in the UK, both commercial
and "hobby" fliers. I also remember some time ago being at the  
International Air Tattoo in the UK which is our biggest display
of the year with mainly RAF and USAF aircraft but also many other  
countries taking part. The spirit of the show award that year
went to the 3 crewmembers of a USAF Lockheed C141  
"Starlifter" ......All women (2 pilots & 1 engineer). However I don't  
believe
either the RAF or USAF have female combat pilots yet.

Graham