What would lead someone to recreate the record-breaking flights of a pioneering pilot of the 1920s and 30s? In this episode of Meet the Renegades, we speak to pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor, who explains her passion for aviation, her ‘call of the wild’ nature, and one of her most important sources of inspiration, lesser-known aviator, Amy Johnson.
Tracey shares the remarkable story of the record-breaking pioneer of aviation, Amy Johnson. Johnson’s run in aviation during the interwar period started with a heartbreaking love affair that ultimately led her on a path to flying, a path, which Tracey closely identifies with.
“She wasn’t going to kill herself but I think she took the view that if she did kill herself it didn’t matter.”
Tracey recently retraced the steps one of Amy’s most famous international flights, bringing her to overcome an arrest and risk of prosecution in Indonesia, which became a 2-month ordeal, and her near-deadly flight on the historic air mail route in the United States.
“There was a go-pro attached to the wing and they were then saying ‘Ok well this is espionage. You’re filming a military instillation’ and actually, guess what? That’s the death penalty.”
How has the boys-club nature of aviation changed since Amy’s time? And how is the pioneering adventure spirit currently reflected in the two-dimensional lives younger generations are living. Tracey offers her insight into this as well as leadership and the changing landscapes and cultural approaches to aviation from her many travels.
Tracey serves as proof that the most profound way of living ones life to the fullest is by striving to find what we’re passionate about and, even in the most challenges of circumstances, striving to make it a lifestyle.
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