Joan Hughes

She and her brother started flying training when she was fifteen and their parents paid the East Anglian Aero Club £2/10s an hour.

[5] She also flew replica World War I aircraft for the film The Blue Max (1966) and a Tiger Moth bi-plane for the live-action flying shots in Thunderbird 6 (1968).

[2] During the 20 June 1966 episode of To Tell The Truth television panel show, Hughes appeared as herself; two of the four panelists correctly picked her as the contestant.

[6] In 1984, Hughes was interviewed about her life and flying career as part of the Imperial War Museum's oral history project.

[8] In 1980 Hughes was awarded the Pike Trophy by the Honourable Company of Air Pilots, the prize is given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to civil flying instruction.

First eight women pilots in front of their De Havilland Tiger Moths (right to left): Pauline Gower (Commandant), Margaret Cunnison (obscured), Winifred Crossley , Hon. Margaret Fairweather , Mona Friedlander , Joan Hughes, Gabrielle Patterson and Rosemary Rees .