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Lewes FC. Part Community Club. Selling Out Principles on an Orwellian Scale.

Respecting the wish of the Lewes FC Board, I am not publishing any details of the proposed investment of Mercury 13. Lewes FC Women: Eni Aluko and US-based investment group Mercury 13 want to invest – BBC Sport (Typical of sliding journalistic standard at the BBC, the headline is wrong. They are trying to buy half the women’s team not the club.) Ridiculously. of course, the details are in the…

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Why The Mercury 13 Involvement with Lewes FC is Doomed to Fail.

Far too many components need to align for the Mercury13 investment to be a success at Lewes FC. Like many trumped up investment opportunities that fail, so will this. Before we even had confirmation that an owner’s vote would happen, I said from the offset that it was silly of the board not to accede to one straight away, as they would win; there is no doubt in my mind that Lewes FC will press…

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IRENE LEVERTON // AVIATOR

“She was born in Chicago, Illinois and dreamed of being a fighter pilot and of flying international ferries. She started as a duster and sprayer pilot and then became a wartime flight instructor, teaching primary, advanced and aerobic courses. Later she instructed in gliders. She was a part of the Mercury 13, a group of women who volunteered and passed the Mercury Space Programs basic medical tests for becoming an astronaut. Irene has frequently been involved with the Civil Air Patrol since 1944, and is a motivational speaker, writer and an accomplished artist.”

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MARION DIETRICH // PILOT

“She was an American pilot and one of the Mercury 13 who underwent the same NASA testing in the early 1960s as the Mercury 7 astronauts. She and her sister were among the select group of female aviators invited to the Lovelace Clinic where experts screened potential NASA astronauts. Though only 5’3 and 100 pounds, Dietrich completed the regimen of tests, as did her sister and 11 other women.”

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Lewes FC's Case for the Defence. But no Prosecution in Sight. The Town Hall Presentation Part I

During the ‘consultation’ period to consider the Mercury 13 proposal we saw very little consulting at the first Town Hall meeting. Just the case for the defence. One sided argument in favour fronted by the Board of Directors. In this first blog about this crucial ‘meeting’ I will do my own ‘myth busting’ about the proposal. The first half hour was essentially why the board feel we need to accede…

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RHEA WOLTMAN // PILOT

“She was an American pilot and a member of the Mercury 13. She flew competitively, and completed one of the major flights of the era for women, a solo flight from Houston and Anchorage in a Piper Super Cub with floats. Working as a charter pilot, Woltman flew over North America and also flew in the International Women’s Air Race and in the Powder Puff Race. In March 1961, she started training as an astronaut. She cleared all physical tests and was a part of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees. She was one of the thirteen women who passed all the astronauts given at the Lovelace Clinic.”

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MYRTLE CAGLE // PILOT

“She was an American pilot and one of the Mercury 13 female astronauts group. She worked as a flight instructor and wrote about aviation in North Carolina. She earned her private pilot’s license when she was 19, and joined the Civil Air Patrol and the Ninety-Nines. She has 4,300 hours of flying time by the time she joined the Mercury 13.”

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WALLY FUNK // AVIATOR

“She was on of a dozen women known as the Mercury 13, and despite the project being disconnected, she set about traveling the Earth instead before building a career as a pilot, flight teacher and investigated plane crashes and other safety issues for the government. Jeff Bezos offered her a seat on the first crewed flight of his space tourism enterprise, Blue Origin, on July 20, 2021. She became the oldest person ever to go into space.”