bottom right--she looks as old as my 9 yr old daughter...Bless them all for what they're doing.

No such thing as a flying beaver?

God Bless 'em.

All the female pilots I've flown with (which include a couple of friends that were also pilots and/or CFIs, a former instructor of mine, a training Captain/check pilot and a few First Officers when I was Captain) have been quite good. Just as good as their male counterparts. There's no basis for gender bias in the cockpit. I think it's neither a strength nor a weakness. . . Well, maybe that "when you gotta' go" thing, but that's about it. Guys can always go into an empty gatorade bottle.

"It's fine to have women in non-combat roles in the military, but why do some think they need to strike the bull-dyke pose every time they have a picture taken."

Uhh. They are in the military aren't they? These aren't the UPS girls posing for a poster.

And what does it mean when guys pose as if they're trying out for a Dirty Harry movie? Would that be a case of overcompensating?

Gotta get back to watching Brokeback.....

Sherwood

Ditto on that...um, except for the Brokeback part...

DD, sorry but I was the check airman, and as such we do not do anything "with" her, but on her. She was trying to upgrade to a Captain position and this is not a joint or shared situation, but an exam.

I can think of several things that I would have enjoyed doing with her, and flying with her was just one of them! :)

Joe

PS the 8 mile high club is a lot more fun than the mile high club. :)

Agreed except for the Brokedick.

As you said, they are in the military and wearing a gun on their hip or shoulder harness to boot.

Putting on a flight suit and flying into harms way changes you a bit and if you do not stand a bit proud and straighter with the wings on your chest and an American flag on your shoulder, well, there is something wrong with you IMHO.

Joe A

I put up this B-1 pilot in random pics a long time ago, and one of you guys said "another empty kitchen." Still cracks me up to this day...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1139071267.jpg

I'm just glad it was over Afganistan.

deHavilland...

http://www.mistyfjordsair.com/beaver.html

Thank you sir! Thats a real Beaver! Nothing like it...

Girls can get quite good at certain things. There are differences though. I have one freind who will cook most guys behind the wheel of a kart. (.03 off my pace last time I took her to a track)

Totaly different styles though. She does best in helter skelter stiff setups, I prefer steady/smooth.

It amazes me still just how slow some guys can be. Talking on a 36 second curse, doing laps in the freaken mid/high 40 seconds, sometimes 50 seconds. I have only raced with 3 girls who have been within seconds of teh normal pace. One of them is an airline stewardess, (3rd fastest). 2nd is of all things a long term student.

Most girls do not have the competetive drive in racing. There is something in me that will kick it, mostly with remote control cars, and every thing is perfect as I can do. Last year I was racing a several year old car, with an outdated eletric power plant against the latest Nitro's, and crossed the line in 1st every lap except for the first one, then unfortunately my battereis wheren't up to the longer race distance they run these days, but I was dead serious. I have never in all my years of being at an RC track, seen a female with that same drive. There are some "good" ones, that can and have won races, but not "perfection". (Something tough to acheive I will say with a high speed RC car, you are isolated from feeling what is going on, you totaly go by visuals, can only see as far in front as your mind can keep track of, yet you also have to watch the car to see what its doing, blah blah...)

Anyway, in the line up picture, 4th from left I found. Front right in the first. Anyone rember the al female team at Daytona 24 hours and Porsche 917?