Scott, Sheila (Christine) (1927–1988)

English aviator. She took part in many races and in 1966 flew 49,600 km/31,000 mi in 33 days (189 flying hours), the longest solo flight in a single-engined aircraft. Her light-aircraft records include a solo flight from Equator to Equator over the North Pole in 1971.

She wrote three books describing her career: I Must Fly (1968), On Top of the World (1973), and Bare Feet in the Sky (1974).

Scott was born in Worcester. She joined the Royal Naval Section of the Voluntary Aid Detachment, and after World War II spent a year acting under the stage name of Sheila Scott. Her career in aviation began in 1959, when she took her pilot's licence and came fifth in a race from London to Cardiff.