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Watch some videos of cross country flights in single engine planes (ultralights no less) on YouTube. There is a lot going on. Add to that the challenges of in
by jcims 5y ago
Watch some videos of cross country flights in single engine planes (ultralights no less) on YouTube. There is a lot going on. Add to that the challenges of interacting with control towers literally all over the world, looking for traffic, managing weather, the endurance of being buffeted around in a tiny plane and the existential anxiety of placing your life in the proverbial hands of a rotax engine for months on end.
Did she cure cancer or save the whales or reverse global warming or whatever else might clear the bar for 'terribly impressive'? No. But it's still a pretty amazing accomplishment and regardless of what was placed in front of her she still had to do the time.