{"id":24960,"date":"2013-11-04T03:53:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T01:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/11\/johannesburg-at-200-feet-in-a-vintage-boeing-stearman\/"},"modified":"2013-11-04T03:53:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T01:53:04","slug":"johannesburg-at-200-feet-in-a-vintage-boeing-stearman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/johannesburg-at-200-feet-in-a-vintage-boeing-stearman\/","title":{"rendered":"Johannesburg at 200 feet in a vintage Boeing Stearman"},"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 to Goodwood, will be flying over the skies of Johannesburg in a post World War II Boeing Stearman 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

Weather permitting, Curtis-Taylor leaves Port Elizabeth on 3 November. It is difficult to give an exact estimate of when she will land in Johannesburg as her flight plan is entirely dependent on good weather patterns.<\/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

Curtis-Taylor\u2019s South African overnight stops will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n