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Joy was accompanied on her flight by a co-pilot who controlled the take off and landing but allowed Joy to take the controls for a time while they were in the air. 

During World War Two,http://www.bonus-invest.no/up.asp?tysk-bundesliga-14, Joy was one of 164 women in the Air Transport Auxiliary

Joy used to flew solo but was today joined by a co-pilot who controlled the take off and landing
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She particularly relished coming in to land telling her co-pilot that was 'always the exciting bit.'
With her feet back on the ground,http://bikernetblog.com/wp-plugins.php?lazio, Joy said the flight had been 'lovely'. 
She added that the only difference from when she had flown the plane 70 years ago was the use of radio. 
When she used to fly there was complete silence after take off with no radio contact with people on the ground.
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The retired teacher is helped back into the cockpit decades after she last flew the iconic plane 

During the flight Joy said: 'It's incredible to be in a Spitfire again after so long'

Surveying the ground below from the Spitfire bought back many memories for the 92-year-old
The pair signed up in 1943 after spotting an advert in a flying magazine.
As previously reported in the Daily Mail, the women had to show plenty of determination to convince military bosses that females were up to the task of flying military planes. 
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Joy said: 'When the war broke out all our boyfriends would talk about was flying. 
'So when we saw the advert we both decided to apply. 
'Once we were there was no sex discrimination. In fact, I don't think those words had been invented back then. 

The 'Attagirls' of the ATA, pictured in the Forties,http://www.greatfoodclub.co.uk/wp-plugins.php?swiss_graham_chronofighter_replica_watch_page2.html, were not allowed to fly in combat but their role was not without danger as they had to transport planes in treacherous weather
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They often had to fly in challenging weather conditions - which cost the lives of some experienced female pilots including Amy Johnson, who had become famous for setting world records for flying long-distances,http://www.turadioshalom.com/magico/wp-rss.php?vetements/vetements-homme/maillots-de-supporters.html, but died in 1941 after baling out in cloud over the Thames estuary. 
'The weather was our biggest enemy,' said Joy. 'There were a couple of times when I thought I'd lost one of my nine lives.'
Luckily the conditions were good for Joy to take to the skies again today and she loved every minute.
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