Nice Spitfire flight in NZ with a lovely Lady pilot

I thinks she flew the Bucker Jungmann at one or more of the Duxford airshows in the last year or two.

Oops forgot about Anna Walker.

Is it that Carolyn and Liz are both checked out for the two-seaters?

Anyway, Liz is an excellent pilot and as pointed out by Dave, she is in the Harvard display team and is a Air New Zealand captain, and I believe she owns a flying club at Ardmore and is a CFI – busy lady.

Marvellous video and a terrific experience. Always wanted to do that. After digging out my car from a 52cm snowfall it was a lovely way to thaw out while watching your excellent movie. Perfect B of B weather you had too…Many thanks for posting!

What about Anna Walker? She used to fly a Seafire, but haven’t heard anything about whether she’s still current lately.

She also flew the P-51 Mustang too. I remember that first day very well and Carolyn Grace was there to congratulate her on the occasion.

Apparently there are only two qualified Spitfire lady pilots in the world at present – Carolyn Grace and Liz Needham.

What about Anna Walker? She used to fly a Seafire, but haven’t heard anything about whether she’s still current lately.

Liz also regularly displays her P-40N, and she’s in the Roaring Forties Harvard team.

Thanks for the comments – that was my video.

Liz is indeed a lovely lady and a fantastic pilot.

I was most looking forward to doing some rolls, etc., but on the day (whilst the rolls were great) the low flying was perhaps the most exhilarating as Liz was contour following at c. 250 knots at perhaps 150-200 ft above treetops.

Apparently there are only two qualified Spitfire lady pilots in the world at present – Carolyn Grace and Liz Needham.

We hope to go back to NZ in a couple of years. Guess what I will be doing again! 🙂 🙂

🙂 Very nice and what a lovely colour scheme ,not a usual one.

Very good!

I have some photos from the day in 2014 that the same Spitfire was used for flights for two veterans.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/errolgc/albums/72157646623364774

Lovely thanks for sharing…

Very nice!