Robyn's ready to fly

[Ykato]

Robyn's ready to fly
LUKE PARKER - Western Leader Last updated 15:01 12/05/2010

SHE is the first female flight engineer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Robyn Claffey will now be one of the flight crew on board an RNZAF Hercules completing missions around New Zealand and overseas.

The 29-year-old joined the air force at 20 and trained to be a technician.

the full news item located here:
www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/3676883/Robyns-ready-to-fly

[Dave Homewood]

Good on her. I'm amazed it has taken this long since girls seem to be in all the other trades.

Previously I'm certain we've seen news of an all-female Orion crew, so don't the P-3K's require a Flight Engineer? I think rnzafhusband's wife was in that crew?

[Dave Homewood]

Ah, thanks Mike. It must have just been the back end crew then that the report was about. Cheers.

[phil]

We've had female Huey crews recently.

[Ykato]

Forget the car, just give her a plane
By CHERIE HOWIE - The Marlborough Express Last updated 13:00 19/05/2010

Ask the Royal New Zealand Air Force's first female flight engineer, Ward-raised Robyn Claffey, to fix a car and she'll point you in the direction of her husband.

But if it's a 70-tonne C-130 Hercules or similarly mammoth Boeing 757 that needs a little attention, she'll likely say, 'Bring it on.'

Sergeant Claffey, nee Chapman, graduated this month as the air force's first ever female flight engineer – a trade she believes had also been the only one in the air force yet to boast a female in its ranks.

full Item Here:
www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/3713678/Just-give-me-a-plane