Early Life
Born in Nottingham to a Polish mother and a Scottish English father, Katy Carr started singing in primary school and won several singing competitions before she reached secondary school. During her teenage years she focussed on 'becoming a pilot and flying aeroplanes.' Katy Carr was heavily involved in the Air Training Corps as a teenager and achieved the rank of Warrant Officer a top ranking position in her Air Cadet squadron, “In my teenage years I needed discipline, belief, confidence building and to be kept out of mischief. The ATC gave me constant thrills – every weekend I would hang out with Royal Air Force pilots, visiting different aerodromes and airfields. I dreamt of flying all the time and was hugely inspired by Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson.” Through her involvement with the Air Cadets she has a Glider pilot license and was awarded an Royal Air Force RAF Flying Scholarship in her late teens and completed her Private pilot licence (PPL) at Durham Tees Valley Airport. Katy Carr was also actively involved in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE) and achieved all levels, Bronze DofE, Silver DofE and was presented her Gold DofE by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at St. James's Palace, London. The RAF Flying Scholarship lead to music school and a creative career was born. Armed with a combination of military discipline and musical creativity, Carr was well placed for a career in which her idiosyncrasy as a musician meant she’d have to forge ahead under her own steam, 'even the most avowedly avant labels fight shy of butterflies they can’t easily net.'
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