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I wasn’t impressed with her public speaking ability. I thought she wasted the floor time allocated to her, instead of using it to preach something positive and attempt to persuade some swing voters to her point of view, it was just an anti Association, anti male rant with some veiled and some not so...

Boeing are still describing her flight as solo on their website, but it’s possible they don’t know anything about aviation or the Stearman and were easily fooled. Boeing Supporting Curtis-Taylor's S. Africa-to-UK Flight in Vintage Biplane 7,000-mile trip re-creates Lady Mary Heath's 1928 journey CAP...

She doesn't answer questions, but she uses some of them to make politician style statements about something completely different. Like she's been given media training, or someone is writing a script for her. Listen to the R5 podcast, questions were answered with statements about how amazing Lady Hea...

@ Steve Arnold Perhaps, the difference between me and many members is that for over 30 years I was dealing with obnoxious people who’s character I did not like much, but my career required I give them a fair hearing before deciding whether to make a case against them. I have learnt that people often...

Of course she won't. She's clearly making a career out of being famous and there's an inevitable next step, be that money or a gong or something. The withdrawn award is undoubtedly an embarassing barrier to whatever that next step is and she needs it remedied. I suspect that's more important than th...

This is what happens when you dabble in diversity politics. It bites back. Only do it if you have to. Photographs of smiling middle aged white men handing out trinkets to [insert minority person here] on your corporate website or magazine may come at a cost. Apply the same standards to everybody and...

SteveSlater wrote:For the record, the LAA has made a financial contribution to the 'fighting fund'.

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Steve,

Can you post images of the letters received from her legal representatives in this forum? I agree with the earlier comment that the membership should have sight of these.

Thanks.

The issue at hand is not gender or whether our hobby appeals to young women (which it probably never will en-masse, get real), it's simply a vote about the actions of one person and whether the award is justified. Equality and inclusion politics is a convenient smokescreen. She trades on her gender,...

Sam,

As you were there - what was the reasoning for her not to fly solo? She could have?

It's curious (actually it's not, but you know what I mean) that she hasn't followed through with her legal threats against the LAA, or anyone else. There's enough material on the Web and even in print that if she has been libelled, she could have had a field day by now. My mind is made up. I voted b...

How can flying in an Aircraft that costs less to run than a set of Golf clubs be a disadvantge if everyone has to be a member for the princely sum of not a bleeding lot? Compulsory membership is a tax. The fee for the permit renewal should reflect the work done and the needs of the association to g...

People who seek awards shouldn't receive them. It isn't really the done thing and that's before we debate the merits. Assuming a turnout of the AGM of around 50 and all voting in favour of reinstatement (unlikely), it would only take 55+ proxy votes to put this to bed. If every contributor to this t...