Mary Ellis blazed a trail for female aviators, as one of the first women to fly Spitfires, heavy bombers and jet aircraft.
She was a member of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), which employed civilians to deliver planes from factories to airfields during the Second World War.
I watched an interview with her a few weeks ago. She said when she landed the planes on delivery, the chaps on the ground were astonished to see a woman climb out of the cockpit.