Vintage bi-plane pilot tries her hand at flying a Spitfire through Tower Bridge from ata london Watch Video
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Description: Tracey Curtis-Taylor follows in the footsteps of 1920's aviatrix Constance Leathart to see if she can fly a Spitfire without any training.nConstance, from Northumberland, was the first woman outside of London to gain a pilot's licence. That was in 1927. nBy the outbreak of WWII there was a desperate shortage of pilots. Any able men went into combat, the delivery of planes from the factories to the aerodromes fell to the men and women of the Air Transport Auxilliary. nThey were expected to take t
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