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{{Short description|Australian pioneering aviator}}
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[[File:Nancy Bird, London, 1939.jpg|thumb|upright|Nancy Bird in London, 1939]]
[[File:Nancy Bird, London, 1939.jpg|thumb|upright|Nancy Bird in London, 1939]]
[[File:Jean Burns Nancy Bird Walton.jpg|thumb|Nancy Bird-Walton (right) with another pioneering Australian aviatrix, [[Jean Burns]] (2006).]]
[[File:Jean Burns & Nancy Bird Walton.jpg|thumb|Nancy Bird Walton (right) with another pioneering Australian aviator, [[Jean Burns]] (2006).]]


'''Nancy Bird Walton''', {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|OBE}} (16 October 1915&nbsp;– 13 January 2009) was a pioneering Australian [[Aircraft pilot|aviator]], known as "The Angel of the Outback",<ref name="Tele">{{cite news |title=Nancy Bird Walton |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/news/obituaries/4424732/Nancy-Bird-Walton.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423115456/http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/news/obituaries/4424732/Nancy-Bird-Walton.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2011 |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=The Telegraph|location=London|date=1 February 2009}}</ref> and the founder and patron of the [[Australian Women Pilots' Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Francis|first=Rosemary|date=1 October 2004|title=Australian Women Pilots' Association|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1092b.htm|access-date=2021-05-16|website=The Australian Women's Register|language=en-gb}}</ref>
'''Nancy Bird-Walton''', [[Order of Australia|AO]], [[Order of British Empire|OBE]], [[Venerable Order of Saint John|DStJ]] (16 October 1915&nbsp;&ndash; 13 January 2009) was a pioneering [[Australia]]n [[aviatrix]], and was the founder and patron of the [http://www.awpa.org.au/ Australian Women Pilots' Association].


In the 1930s, defying the traditional role of females of her time, she became a fully qualified pilot at the age of 19, and became the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot's licence.
In the 1930s, she became a fully qualified pilot at the age of 19 to become the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot's license.


==Biography==
==Early life==
NANCY WALTON WAS A ZOMBIE THAT IS STILL ALIVE TODAY AND LIVES WITH BIN LADEN IN A CAVE. BETTER RUN, FASTER THAN MY BULLY.Born in [[Kew, New South Wales]], [[Australia]] on 16 October 1915 as '''Nancy Bird''',<ref name="SMH">[http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-little-bird-who-achieved-big-things/2009/01/13/1231608708268.html ''A Little Bird who achieved big things'']. Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 3 February 2009.</ref> she wanted to fly almost as soon as she could walk. As a teenager during the Depression in Australia, Nancy Bird found herself in the same position as many other children of the time, leaving school at 13 to assist her family.<ref name="SMH"/> In 1933, at the age of 18, her passion drove her to take flying lessons. [[Charles Kingsford Smith|Sir Charles Kingsford Smith]], who was the first man to fly across the mid-Pacific, had just opened a pilots' school near Sydney, and she was among his first pupils. Most women learnt to fly for recreation, but Nancy planned to fly for a living.
Born in [[Kew, New South Wales]], Australia on 16 October 1915 as '''Nancy Bird''',<ref name="SMH">[http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-little-bird-who-achieved-big-things/2009/01/13/1231608708268.html ''A Little Bird who achieved big things'']. Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 3 February 2009.</ref> she was educated at [[Brighton College, Manly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northernbeaches.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/4343?keywords=&lsk=d2f76e64014a87a309e2bd1730badfa4|title=Northern Beaches Library Services: ''The Brighton Chronicle'', December 1933, p 8|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> Bird wanted to fly almost as soon as she could walk. As a teenager during the Depression in Australia, Nancy Bird found herself in the same position as many other children of the time, leaving school at 13 to assist her family.<ref name="SMH" /> In 1933, at the age of 18, her passion drove her to take flying lessons. [[Charles Kingsford Smith|Sir Charles Kingsford Smith]], who was the first man to fly across the mid-Pacific, had just opened a pilots' school near Sydney, and she was among his first pupils. Most women who learned to fly did so for recreation, but Bird planned to fly for a living, which had never been achieved by a woman before.


==Aviation career==
When she was awarded a commercial pilot's licence at the age of 18, through a legacy of 200 pounds from a great aunt plus money loaned from her father, (which she paid back), Nancy bought her first aircraft, a [[de Havilland DH.60 Moth|de Havilland Gipsy Moth]]. Soon after Nancy Bird and her friend [[Peggy Kelman|Peggy McKillop]] took off on a [[barnstorming]] tour, dropping in on country fairs and giving joyrides to people who had never seen an aircraft before, let alone a female pilot. Whilst touring, Bird met Reverend Stanley Drummond. He wanted her to help set up a flying medical service in outback [[New South Wales]]. In 1935, she was hired to operate the service, named the [[Far West Children's Health Scheme]]. Bird's own Gipsy Moth was used as an air ambulance. She bought a better-equipped aircraft, and began covering territory not yet reached by the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service]]. She told others that it was rewarding but lonely work.
When she was awarded a commercial pilot's license at the age of 19, through a legacy of [[Australian pound|A£]]200 from a great aunt, plus money loaned from her father (which she paid back), Bird bought her first aircraft, a [[de Havilland DH.60 Moth|de Havilland Gipsy Moth]]. Soon after, Bird and her friend, [[Peggy Kelman|Peggy McKillop]], took off on a [[barnstorming]] tour, dropping in on country fairs and giving joyrides to people who had never seen an aircraft before, let alone a female pilot.


While touring, Bird met Reverend Stanley Drummond. He wanted her to help set up a flying medical service in outback [[New South Wales]]. In 1935, she was hired to operate the service, named the [[Royal Far West Children's Health Scheme]]. Bird's own Gipsy Moth was used as an air ambulance. She bought a better-equipped aircraft and began covering territory, including [[Queensland]],<ref name=Tele /> not yet reached by the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia]]. She told others that it was rewarding but lonely work.
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In 1936, Nancy Bird entered an air race from [[Adelaide]] to [[Brisbane]], and won the Ladies' Trophy. In 1938 she decided to have a long break from flying. A Dutch airline company ([[KLM]]) invited her to do some promotional work in Europe, where she stayed for a couple of years. She returned to Australia soon after [[World War II]] broke out. She began training women in skills needed to back up the men flying in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]]. She was 24 when she married an Englishman, Charles Walton, and had two children. He preferred to call her "Nancy-Bird" rather than "Nancy", and she became generally known as "Nancy-Bird-Walton". In 1950, she founded the Australian Women Pilots' Association (AWPA),<ref name="SMH"/> where she remained president for five years. Nancy Bird-Walton became Patron of the AWPA in 1983 following the death of Lady Casey, the original Patron. In 1958, she decided to return to flying after a twenty year absence.


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In 1936, Nancy Bird entered an air race from [[Adelaide]] to [[Brisbane]], and won the Ladies' Trophy. In 1938, she decided to have a long break from flying. A Dutch airline company ([[KLM]]) invited her to do some promotional work in Europe, where she stayed for a couple of years. She returned to Australia soon after [[World War II]] broke out. She began training women in skills needed to back up the men flying in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]].
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Throughout her life Walton was notable for her support of charities and people in need. This generous spirit saw her invested as an Officer of [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1966. She was later appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]]. She was the starting block for generations of female pilots. She was never involved in an accident, despite the risks of early aviation.


In 1950, she founded the [[Australian Women Pilots' Association]] (AWPA),<ref name="SMH" /> where she remained president for five years. In 1958, she decided to return to flying after a hiatus of over twenty years. Nancy-Bird Walton became Patron of the AWPA in 1983, following the death of [[Maie Casey, Baroness Casey|Lady Casey]], the original Patron. Walton purchased Lady Casey's [[Cessna 180]] which had been named ''Lady Casey'' by [[Richard Casey, Baron Casey|Baron Casey]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|author=Diane Langmore|page=195|volume=17|year=2007|publisher=Melbourne University Press|isbn=9780522853827}}</ref>
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The [[National Trust of Australia]] declared her an [[Australian Living Treasures|Australian Living Treasure]] in 1997.


==Recognition and honours==
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The first [[Airbus A380]] (VH-OQA) delivered to Australian airline [[Qantas]] was named in her honour.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/qantas-receives-second-a380-superjumbo-20081216-6ze4.html|title=Qantas receives second A380 superjumbo|last=Platt|first=Craig|date=16 December 2008|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=13 January 2009}}</ref> Her name on the A380 was originally written "Nancy Bird-Walton",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=welP2InJc7A|title=Video showing Qantas plane "Nancy Bird-Walton" being painted for the first time|accessdate=27 January 2009}}</ref> but Qantas respected her preference for the hyphenation that her late husband used ("Nancy-Bird"), and the hyphen was added before the aircraft's naming ceremony.
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Throughout her life, Walton was notable for her support of charities and people in need. As a result, she was invested as an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1966. She was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] (AO) in 1990. She was the inspiration for generations of female pilots. She was never involved in an accident, despite the risks of early aviation.


The Nancy-Bird Walton Memorial trophy, sponsored by the family, is presented by the Australian Women Pilots' Association for the "most noteworthy contribution to aviation by a woman of Australasia".<ref>{{Cite web|title=AWPA Scholarships & Awards - Egilibility Requirements|url=https://awpa.org.au/scholarships-awards/|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Australian Women Pilots` Association|language=en-AU}}</ref>
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One of her last main interviews was for the feature length documentary film ''[http://www.flyingsheilas.com/ Flying Sheilas]'' which provided a unique insight into her life along with seven other Australian female pilots.


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The [[National Trust of Australia]] declared her an [[National Living Treasure (Australia)|Australian Living Treasure]] in 1997, and in 2001 she was inducted into the [[Victorian Honour Roll of Women]].
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On 10 September 2008, shortly before her death, Walton conducted a 45 minute interview for the one hour documentary ''[[A Very Short War]]''.


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The first [[Airbus A380]] (VH-OQA) delivered to Australian airline [[Qantas]] was named in her honour.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/qantas-receives-second-a380-superjumbo-20081216-6ze4.html|title=Qantas receives second A380 superjumbo|last=Platt|first=Craig|date=16 December 2008|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=13 January 2009}}</ref> Her name on the A380 was originally written "Nancy Bird Walton",<ref>{{YouTube|id=welP2InJc7A|title=Video showing Qantas plane "Nancy-Bird Walton" being painted for the first time}}</ref> but Qantas respected her preference for the hyphenation that her late husband used ("Nancy-Bird"), and the hyphen was added before the aircraft's naming, shortly after she was aboard the ceremonial flight above Sydney.<ref>{{YouTube|id=cghc2f6pQfo|title=VH-OQA aircraft naming ceremonial flight}}</ref> This aircraft was operating [[Qantas Flight 32|flight QF32]] when it suffered a serious uncontained engine failure after takeoff from [[Singapore Changi Airport|Singapore]] in 2010; coincidentally, Walton wrote the first officer's reference when he first joined Qantas as a pilot.<ref>{{cite book|last=de Crespigny|first=Richard|title=QF32|date=2012}}</ref>
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On 13 January 2009, Nancy Bird-Walton died of the age 93.

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One of her last main interviews was for the feature-length documentary film ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090307132255/http://www.flyingsheilas.com/ Flying Sheilas]'' which provided an insight into her life along with seven other Australian female pilots.

In March 2019, [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Scott Morrison]] announced that the new [[Western Sydney Airport]] will be named Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-04/western-sydney-airport-named-after-nancy-bird-walton/10867430|title=Western Sydney airport named after Australian aviation icon Nancy-Bird Walton|work=ABC News|date=4 March 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She was 24 when she married an Englishman, Charles Walton, and had two children. He preferred to call her "Nancy-Bird" rather than "Nancy", and she became generally known as "'''Nancy-Bird Walton'''".

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On 10 September 2008, shortly before her death, Walton conducted a 45-minute interview for the one-hour documentary.

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On 13 January 2009, Nancy Bird Walton died at the age of 93.


==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/bird.htm ABC, 2002, Australians, Nancy Bird-Walton]
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*[http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/nancy_bird_walton_bio.html Monash University, 2004, Hargrave : the Pioneers, Celebrating the bicentennial of aviation 1804-2004 ]
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* Bird, Nancy [1961] ''Born to Fly'' Angus and Robertson
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* Walton, Nancy Bird [1990] 2002 ''My God! It's a woman: The inspiring story of one woman's courage and determination to fly'' HarperCollinsPublishers ISBN 0-7322-7370-6
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* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/aviation-pioneer-nancy-bird-walton-dies-at-93/2009/01/13/1231608691796.html Aviation pioneer Nancy Bird Walton dies] Sydney Morning Herald
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* [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24907867-421,00.html Aussie female air pioneer Nancy Bird Walton dies] News.com.au
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/sets/72157612509195950/with/3192777471/ Nancy Bird Walton 1915 - 2009], photo gallery from [[State Library of New South Wales]]
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*[http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/bird.htm ABC, 2002, Australians, Nancy-Bird Walton]
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*[http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/nancy_bird_walton_bio.html Monash University, 2004, Hargrave : the Pioneers, Celebrating the bicentennial of aviation 1804–2004]
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*Bird, Nancy [1961] ''Born to Fly'' Angus and Robertson
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*Walton, Nancy-Bird [1990] 2002 ''My God! It's a woman: The inspiring story of one woman's courage and determination to fly'' HarperCollinsPublishers {{ISBN|0-7322-7370-6}}
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*[http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/aviation-pioneer-nancy-bird-walton-dies-at-93/2009/01/13/1231608691796.html Aviation pioneer Nancy Bird Walton dies] Sydney Morning Herald
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*[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24907867-421,00.html Aussie female air pioneer Nancy Bird Walton dies] News.com.au
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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/sets/72157612509195950/with/3192777471/ Nancy Bird Walton 1915 – 2009], photo gallery from [[State Library of New South Wales]]


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Nancy Bird Walton
AO, OBE
Portrait by Russell Roberts, c.1930
Born
Nancy Bird

(1915-10-16)16 October 1915
Kew, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Died13 January 2009(2009-01-13) (aged 93)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known forYoungest woman pilot to gain a Commercial Pilot's Licence in the British Empire
SpouseCharles Walton
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Australia (1990)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1966)
Centenary Medal (2001)
Aviation career
First flight1933
Flight license27 September 1933[1]
Nancy Bird in London, 1939
Nancy Bird Walton (right) with another pioneering Australian aviator, Jean Burns (2006).

Nancy Bird Walton, AO, OBE (16 October 1915 – 13 January 2009) was a pioneering Australian aviator, known as "The Angel of the Outback",[2] and the founder and patron of the Australian Women Pilots' Association.[3]

In the 1930s, she became a fully qualified pilot at the age of 19 to become the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot's license.

Early life

[edit]

Born in Kew, New South Wales, Australia on 16 October 1915 as Nancy Bird,[1] she was educated at Brighton College, Manly.[4] Bird wanted to fly almost as soon as she could walk. As a teenager during the Depression in Australia, Nancy Bird found herself in the same position as many other children of the time, leaving school at 13 to assist her family.[1] In 1933, at the age of 18, her passion drove her to take flying lessons. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, who was the first man to fly across the mid-Pacific, had just opened a pilots' school near Sydney, and she was among his first pupils. Most women who learned to fly did so for recreation, but Bird planned to fly for a living, which had never been achieved by a woman before.

Aviation career

[edit]

When she was awarded a commercial pilot's license at the age of 19, through a legacy of A£200 from a great aunt, plus money loaned from her father (which she paid back), Bird bought her first aircraft, a de Havilland Gipsy Moth. Soon after, Bird and her friend, Peggy McKillop, took off on a barnstorming tour, dropping in on country fairs and giving joyrides to people who had never seen an aircraft before, let alone a female pilot.

While touring, Bird met Reverend Stanley Drummond. He wanted her to help set up a flying medical service in outback New South Wales. In 1935, she was hired to operate the service, named the Royal Far West Children's Health Scheme. Bird's own Gipsy Moth was used as an air ambulance. She bought a better-equipped aircraft and began covering territory, including Queensland,[2] not yet reached by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. She told others that it was rewarding but lonely work.

In 1936, Nancy Bird entered an air race from Adelaide to Brisbane, and won the Ladies' Trophy. In 1938, she decided to have a long break from flying. A Dutch airline company (KLM) invited her to do some promotional work in Europe, where she stayed for a couple of years. She returned to Australia soon after World War II broke out. She began training women in skills needed to back up the men flying in the Royal Australian Air Force.

In 1950, she founded the Australian Women Pilots' Association (AWPA),[1] where she remained president for five years. In 1958, she decided to return to flying after a hiatus of over twenty years. Nancy-Bird Walton became Patron of the AWPA in 1983, following the death of Lady Casey, the original Patron. Walton purchased Lady Casey's Cessna 180 which had been named Lady Casey by Baron Casey.[5]

Recognition and honours

[edit]

Throughout her life, Walton was notable for her support of charities and people in need. As a result, she was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1966. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1990. She was the inspiration for generations of female pilots. She was never involved in an accident, despite the risks of early aviation.

The Nancy-Bird Walton Memorial trophy, sponsored by the family, is presented by the Australian Women Pilots' Association for the "most noteworthy contribution to aviation by a woman of Australasia".[6]

The National Trust of Australia declared her an Australian Living Treasure in 1997, and in 2001 she was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

The first Airbus A380 (VH-OQA) delivered to Australian airline Qantas was named in her honour.[7] Her name on the A380 was originally written "Nancy Bird Walton",[8] but Qantas respected her preference for the hyphenation that her late husband used ("Nancy-Bird"), and the hyphen was added before the aircraft's naming, shortly after she was aboard the ceremonial flight above Sydney.[9] This aircraft was operating flight QF32 when it suffered a serious uncontained engine failure after takeoff from Singapore in 2010; coincidentally, Walton wrote the first officer's reference when he first joined Qantas as a pilot.[10]

One of her last main interviews was for the feature-length documentary film Flying Sheilas which provided an insight into her life along with seven other Australian female pilots.

In March 2019, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the new Western Sydney Airport will be named Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport.[11]

Personal life

[edit]

She was 24 when she married an Englishman, Charles Walton, and had two children. He preferred to call her "Nancy-Bird" rather than "Nancy", and she became generally known as "Nancy-Bird Walton".

On 10 September 2008, shortly before her death, Walton conducted a 45-minute interview for the one-hour documentary.

On 13 January 2009, Nancy Bird Walton died at the age of 93.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e A Little Bird who achieved big things. Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 3 February 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Nancy Bird Walton". The Telegraph. London. 1 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ^ Francis, Rosemary (1 October 2004). "Australian Women Pilots' Association". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Northern Beaches Library Services: The Brighton Chronicle, December 1933, p 8". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. ^ Diane Langmore (2007). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 17. Melbourne University Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780522853827.
  6. ^ "AWPA Scholarships & Awards - Egilibility Requirements". Australian Women Pilots` Association. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. ^ Platt, Craig (16 December 2008). "Qantas receives second A380 superjumbo". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
  8. ^ Video showing Qantas plane "Nancy-Bird Walton" being painted for the first time on YouTube
  9. ^ VH-OQA aircraft naming ceremonial flight on YouTube
  10. ^ de Crespigny, Richard (2012). QF32.
  11. ^ "Western Sydney airport named after Australian aviation icon Nancy-Bird Walton". ABC News. 4 March 2019.
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