My Kind of Gal
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:15 am
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.
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.
The pub bearing her name in Farnborough looks to be an interesting place too.