Possible Clues:

• Female pilot
• Perhaps Johnson, in a way, once backed by fools, according to the Speaker
• She flies a V8, Rick's heard
• Career woman who's a high-flier
• eg Amy Johnson
• Female flier
• Pilot giving answer by way of ingenious techniques on radio?
• Amelia Earhart, notably
• She flies ably at first through pronounced feats of skill
• Before ten, one picked up foolish trivia from pilot