I've just been reading about Beatrice (Tilly) Shilling, motorcycle and aviation engineer, successful motorcycle racer, and designer of a fix for a serious problem with Merlin engines in Spitfires and Hurricanes. This fix was affectionately known by airmen as Miss Shilling's Orifice (or Tilly's Orifice); it prevented the Merlins from flooding and stalling in negative g manoeuvres.
Bought her first motorbike at the age of 14. Correct priority, in my book.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Shilling
My kind of gal - though it seems as if she didn't suffer fools.
My Kind of Gal
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Just reading about her whilst munching on a lovely breakfast in Wetherspoons next to Bolsover Castle! 
The pub bearing her name in Farnborough looks to be an interesting place too.
Pete
The pub bearing her name in Farnborough looks to be an interesting place too.Pete
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