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FLIGHT LIEUTENANT KIRSTY MOORE.was named the first-ever female pilot of The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows today.Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore, 31, was born and raised in Lincolnshire.  She attended Stamford High School, before studying for her Masters in Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College, London.  A Flying Scholarship granted by The Air League Educational Trust launched Kirsty's flying career and she subsequently became a member of the London University Air Squadron before joining the Royal Air Force in 1998. .Following her flying training, Flight Lieutenant Moore spent three years as a Qualified Flying Instructor, teaching students how to fly the advanced fast-jet trainer aircraft at Royal Air Force Valley.  Kirsty was then posted to XIII Squadron, based at RAF Marham, where she flew the Tornado GR4, serving on two operations in Iraq in support of British, American and Iraqi ground forces..Kirsty was not the first female pilot to apply to be a Red Arrow.  However, she was the first to make the applicant 'shortlist' and subsequently be selected to join the team.  Looking to the future, there is every chance that there will be more female Red Arrows pilots,RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire_12/11/2009.Picture Shows: The Red Arrows on display in Cyprus..Photo Credit: ©Newspix International..**ALL FEES PAYABLE TO: "NEWSPIX INTERNATIONAL"**..PHOTO CREDIT MANDATORY!!: NEWSPIX INTERNATIONAL..IMMEDIATE CONFIRMATION OF USAGE REQUIRED:.Newspix International, 31 Chinnery Hill, Bishop's Stortford, ENGLAND CM23 3PS.Tel:+441279 324672 ; Fax: +441279656877.Mobile: 0777568 1153.e-mail: info@newspixinternational.co.uk
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FLIGHT LIEUTENANT KIRSTY MOORE.was named the first-ever female pilot of The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows today.Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore, 31, was born and raised in Lincolnshire.  She attended Stamford High School, before studying for her Masters in Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College, London.  A Flying Scholarship granted by The Air League Educational Trust launched Kirsty's flying career and she subsequently became a member of the London University Air Squadron before joining the Royal Air Force in 1998. .Following her flying training, Flight Lieutenant Moore spent three years as a Qualified Flying Instructor, teaching students how to fly the advanced fast-jet trainer aircraft at Royal Air Force Valley.  Kirsty was then posted to XIII Squadron, based at RAF Marham, where she flew the Tornado GR4, serving on two operations in Iraq in support of British, American and Iraqi ground forces..Kirsty was not the first female pilot to apply to be a Red Arrow.  However, she was the first to make the applicant 'shortlist' and subsequently be selected to join the team.  Looking to the future, there is every chance that there will be more female Red Arrows pilots,RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire_12/11/2009.Picture Shows: The Red Arrows on display in Cyprus..Photo Credit: ©Newspix International..**ALL FEES PAYABLE TO: "NEWSPIX INTERNATIONAL"**..PHOTO CREDIT MANDATORY!!: NEWSPIX INTERNATIONAL..IMMEDIATE CONFIRMATION OF USAGE REQUIRED:.Newspix International, 31 Chinnery Hill, Bishop's Stortford, ENGLAND CM23 3PS.Tel:+441279 324672 ; Fax: +441279656877.Mobile: 0777568 1153.e-mail: info@newspixinternational.co.uk