Toni the Maldive Lady
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I learnt to fly in Mombasa aged 19 years old, on a PIPER CUB.  I went solo in 3 hours and got my license in 13.  I found it incredibly easy.   At that time it was Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika -- I felt the world was my oyster!
It wasn't long before I had itchy feet. There was a TIGER MOTH parked close by.  I badly wanted to LOOP THE LOOP and this wasn't possible in my Piper Cub.I would put a boyfriend in the back of the plane. At a good height, and when totally upside down, I would hold this position for as long as possible, and the screaming would start! When all this was over, that was the end of THAT ONE. I still had a few others to deal with! My flying days were 99% in my Cub.
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Now at breakfast this year, opening spoiling presents and later on a delicious cake,
John and Lucinda told me we were going to Classic Wings at The Imperial War  Museum, Duxford.
I would be interviewed and then I was to fly a bright yellow TIGER  MOTH waiting for me!
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Being interview by Danny
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Being togged up
I was all kitted up and headed to the Moth with my pilot and friends. Settled into the front seat.
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Toni the Maldive Lady Flying
At once I was 19  again and everything was very familiar. But what I didn't know was that everything I did during the flight was being RECORDED! We climbed to a 1,000 feet; it was the most beautiful day.  Then Ian, my pilot, said: "TONI TAKE OVER" and not long later "SHE  CAN  FLY". I was like a duck to water. It then got somewhat windy, making it more difficult but fun.

We climbed to a 1,000 feet; it was the most beautiful day.  Then Ian, my pilot, said: "TONI TAKE OVER" and not long later "SHE  CAN  FLY". I was like a duck to water. It then got somewhat windy, making it more difficult but fun.
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WIMPOLE  HALL
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ELY  CATHEDRAL
I asked Ian to take over and he took me low over WIMPOLE HALL and ELY CATHEDRAL.
We then slipped back down to land. John and Lucinda were waiting for me.
Ian gave me lovely hugs saying: "I am so proud of you."

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Without a doubt it has to be the most wonderful, amazing birthday ever.
How often does another year take you back to NINETEEN? 

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Best wishes to all who read this. AMELIA EAR-HART now Toni The Maldive Lady!
The lovely things Classic Wings said about me were put on FACEBOOK,
and I now have a CD-Rom of my flying! It is totally hysterical!

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Ariyadhoo, Himithi, Mini Mas,
Gali & Maamigili
Fuah Mulaku

GAAFU ALIFU ATOLL SCHOOL
Gan and Feydhoo
Hanimadhoo & Uteemu
Ihuru
Kuramathi
Kurumba
Laamu  Atoll
Lhaviyani
Niyama - Dhaalu Atoll
Rashdoo & Noonu Atoll
Villingili

Holiday Of A Life Time:
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SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION - LETTER FROM BENEDICTA

MY ISLAND STORY

On My Way To Happy Days

Passenger Flying Log Book

My Very Good Looking Father

Through a Zanzibar Doorway

Lion Sands

Cape Town

A Night At The London Zoo

Wild Reef Child

Ashley

Flying With Hunting Clan

Love At First Sight

The Queen Mother

Romy Has a Surprise!

GEORGE

My Talk 2018

My Flying Diary

The Maldive Lady, by Jo Foley

LiveWire: First Lady of Leisure

Kunfunadhoo

The Lady In The Loo

First Round The World Flight

Tehran

PHINDA

Rat Story

Visha & Maya

Saint Helena

A Flight of a Lifetime

Diving Bangaram Island
Shark Circus
Richard Harley
Yusuff Moosa

I Dived To Victory
Memorable Muscat
You Must Not Wear Any Weights Or Life Jacket


A Magic Boat Launches

Angkor, Cambodia

Champneys

Country Life

Crown of Thorns

Having A Whale Of A Time

​Hurlingham Club Magazine Summer 2016

Kenya

​KASHMIR 1959

Lady Rose

Love of Skiing

My Magic Beans

My Outstanding Award
My Sandbank
Museum of Mankind
My 86th Birthday
Classic Wings: My 87th Birthday
My 88th Birthday
Magic Yellow File
RACEHORSE
Seychelles
South Africa
The Haute Route
Thrills & Spills - Dhoni Mighili
Underwater Ireland
Welcome To Stanford Bridge
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Helicopter Bride
SCHOOL / FLYING
World Travel Mart
My Adopted Maldivian Family
Life Threatening Thalassemia
Himmafushi - The Young Offenders
Villingilli Orphanage
The Tsunami
Commemorative Coins

1986 Commonwealth Games
Guest Speaker of the Canberra
My Cocktail
Love & Marriage in Sri Lanka


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Flags
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A Maldives Symphony -
My Swan Song:

- Velassaru & Kuramathi
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Colombo

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