[sdiy] Female sdiy'ers

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Jun 16, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Graham Atkins 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.

Oh, there are plenty of female pilots of BIG airplane, i.e. the ones  
where the pilots are actually in the airplanes. One of our female  
graduate students is a former F-15 pilot.

I was referring to remote controlled planes, where the pilot is on the  
ground.

- Aaron