Silver Winged Wing Walkers | A Gallery from Aeronauts & Aviators | RNZ National

From Aeronauts & Aviators

Lynda Chanwai-Earle gets into the cockpit with Pam Collings and Susan Scott, two of our country’s top female aviators. Pam Collings made history as the first woman to represent our country in the World Aerobatic Championships in Kiev, Russia in 1976 and pilot Susan Scott is a daring fifth-generation ‘wing-walker’ riding atop antique aircraft.

Pam Collings, World Aerobatic Championships, Kiev, 1976, photo courtesy Pam Collings.

Pam Collings on her Piper Cherokee 180

Looking towards Arthurs National Pass

Pam at the controls of her Piper Cherokee

Burn off on the Canterbury Plains from Pam's Piper Cherokee.

Flying past Waimakariri Gorge and the Torlesse Range.

The Eyre River.

Pam holds the publication Silver Wings, NZ Women in Aviation

Pam and Cess Collings at home

Susan Scott Wing Walking - photo courtesy Classic Aircraft Photography and Susan Scott

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