Woman with curly hair smiling, sitting on the cockpit of a military aircraft, wearing a plaid shirt, dark pants, and boots, against a cloudy sky.

Richarda Morrow-Tait

Mocked as ‘the flying housewife’ and ‘the comely redhead’, in 1949 Richarda Morrow-Tait became the first woman to fly around the world.

Blue plaque commemorating Richardda Morrow-Tait, pilot and adventurer, noting she was the first woman to fly around the world aboard Thursday's Child in 1949, and lived on St Regis flats.

And so Trapped History went along. It was a very special and emotional day, and we’ve re-edited and re-released our Season One episode on ‘Dikki’, adding in new interviews with family members and other women pilots who’ve been inspired by her example.

It is a powerful tale of physical and mental endurance and it’s told beautifully by Polly Vacher, another record-breaking aviator.

This month, to mark the 75th anniversary of her flight, a blue plaque was unveiled in her honour at Cambridge Airport, where her flight began.