Australian women pilots : amazing true stories of women in the air / Kathy Mexted.

By:

Mexted, Kathy [author.]

Publisher: Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2020Copyright date: �2020Description: xvi, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781742236971

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Biographies.

DDC classification:

629.130994 23

List(s) this item appears in: Adventurers, Explorers and Voyagers | Women and Success | Autobiographies and Biographies - Interesting People

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Women have been flying planes ever since there have been planes to fly, but, with a few notable exceptions, they have not been visible or well known. Tenacious, determined and sometimes fearless, Kathy Mexted shares the stories of ten extraordinary Australian women compelled to take to the skies. You will meet trailblazers like Nancy Bird Walton, Deborah Wardley, who was told by Ansett that women couldn't be pilots, and Gaby Kennard, the first Australian woman to fly solo around the world. Others are perhaps less known, but as flyers of Spitfires, Tiger Moths, Cessnas and fighter jets, their stories are just as extraordinary. Packed with drama, adventure and sometimes heartbreak, this riveting book is a salute to those women who refused to keep their feet on the ground.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Book - NSW RFS State Training Academy	NSW RFS State Training Academy Dubbo - Aviation	Aviation AUS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	Available for reading on-site at NSW RFS State Training Academy
Book	NSW Rural Fire Service Library Aircraft	Aircraft 14562 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available			14562

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