Polly Vacher

Polly Vacher MBE (born 1944) is an English aviator specialising in long-distance solo flights.

Born in south Devon, she trained in physiotherapy and spent twenty years in music education.

In 1997 she toured the United States by plane, flying solo across the North Atlantic in both directions.

On 6 May 2003 she set out from Birmingham Airport on a Voyage to the Ice for the same charity, flying over the North Pole, Antarctica and all seven continents, returning on 27 April 2004, becoming the first solo woman flyer over the polar regions.

On 21 May 2007 she set off from Birmingham Airport on her Wings Around Britain Challenge in which she landed at all the airfields in the Jeppesen VFR Manual, between 21 May and 31 July 2007.