[sdiy] Female sdiy'ers

[Vesa Lahteenmaki]

> 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
>
>
USA do have female combat pilots, restrictions were lifted already in 1993.
For example A-10 pilot Kim Cambell received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Campbell_%28pilot%29
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