Richarda Morrow-Tait

Mocked as ‘the flying housewife’ and ‘the comely redhead’, in 1948 Richarda Morrow-Tait became the first woman to fly around the world. Hers is a tale of physical, mental and emotional endurance

Join us and another woman who flew around the world, the record-breaking aviator Polly Vacher MBE, as we find out why Richarda made her flight and what drives someone to do it