{"id":24954,"date":"2013-11-03T15:53:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T13:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/11\/tracey-curtis-taylor-an-excellent-person\/"},"modified":"2013-11-03T15:53:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T13:53:05","slug":"tracey-curtis-taylor-an-excellent-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tracey-curtis-taylor-an-excellent-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracey Curtis-Taylor \u2013 an excellent person"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor, a female aviator who is flying her open cockpit Boeing Stearman \u2013 Sprit of Artemis \u2013 from Cape Town<\/a> to Goodwood, England taught jaded scribes a lesson when she landed at the Port Elizabeth<\/a> Airport on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

After flying a 1930\u2032s plane across Europe in 2012, Tracey is now retracing the footsteps of pioneer aviator, Lady Mary Heath who in 1918 became the first pilot, male or female, to fly a small, open-cockpit biplane from Cape Town to London.<\/p>\n

The Boeing Stearman was has no modern instruments and, as it is an open cockpit plane, flight plans are subject to the weather \u2013 this is patient flying at it\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

Curtis-Taylor is following in the footsteps of Mary Heath and on her flight will cover 7000 miles in 32 legs over 6 weeks alone in an open cockpit plane.<\/p>\n

Her South African overnight stops will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n