It was on March 5th at Roissy airport, on the outskirts of Paris, amongst the comings and goings of commercial aircraft, that, exceptionally, the biggest airport in Europe welcomed a small single-engined ‘plane, and above all its pilot, Dorine Bourneton. On the day following International Women's Day, we wanted to introduce you to a lady that has fought to make professional piloting accessible to all.
The eighth and final race of this year’s Red Bull Air Race, which was held on 26th October, saw the 12 participating pilots fighting it out above the Spielberg grand prix racetrack in the Austrian Alps. The 35,000 spectators witnessed Lamb, Arch and Bonhomme, the first three in the overall standings, fiercely battling it out in the air.