Hi there

I just came across an interesting BBC Radio 4 documentary about Soviet women pilots in WW2. It's still availabe to listen to on the BBC iPlayer for another few days:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nk0g9

All the best

Rowan

I listened to this earlier in the week, and had an urge to make Lidya Litvyak's Yak-1 (yellow 44) or Yak-1b (white 23). I liked the idea of the legendary, but probably fictional 'white lily' marking on the side (if it did exist, it was probably a Madonna Lily, which explains why it could have been confused for a white rose). I have too many projects going on, so I pulled my self away from the idea... for now....

Thank-you so much for sharing the broadcast Rowan .

You don't here to much about Woman in earlier history of aviation . Very enjoyable indeed

I've built a model of a Nachthexe's craft before...Lilya Litvyak's Yak-1, Yellow 44. I felt really good building it, rather than an anonymous craft with time-period-correct markings. It was like I was preserving history, and a person's legacy. It had a higher meaning building it, and I was very proud to have it displayed on my shelf.