Australian Women Pilots: Amazing True Stories of Women in the Air by Kathy Mexted

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Stamp on author bio page. RFID on inside back cover. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Body text and binding are still very good.

From pioneering and outback flights to delivering Spitfires or tackling the jungles of New Guinea, Australian Women Pilots tells the stories of ten Australians.

Women have been flying since the early days of aviation, but with a few notable exceptions, they have rarely been visible or well-known. Kathy Mexted shares the feats of 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 pilots involved with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Britain's Air Transport Auxiliary, the RAAF, aerial agriculture or long-range ferrying, 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.

Nancy Bird Walton, Mardi Gething, Patricia Toole, Gaby Kennard, Marion McCall, Lyn Gray, Deborah Lawrie (Wardley), Georgia Maxwell, Nicole Forrester and Esther Veldstra