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At a small age, Nancy Bird Walton use to dream that she could fly. She dreamt that she could lift herself over the telegraph posts. At the tender age of 4, she could jump of a fence without stretched arms calling herself an “eppy plane.” |
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Few years later, at the age of 13 in 1928, Nancy went for a flight and it became a “ruling passion of her life”. From this point, she started saving money for the flying lessons. |
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In 1933, when Nancy was 18, she started her flying lessons from the famous, Charles Kingsford Smith. He had a flying school in Sydney and Nancy was among his first students. At this age, most women were expected to man the nation’s kitchens while Nancy gained her commercial pilots licence when she was 19. |
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Nancy Bird-Walton (October 16, 1915 - ) is a pioneering female Australian aviator.
References
- ABC, 2002, Australians, Nancy Bird-Walton
- Monash University, 2004, Hargrave : the Pioneers, Celebrating the bicentennial of aviation 1804-2004
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At a small age, Nancy Bird Walton use to dream that she could fly. She dreamt that she could lift herself over the telegraph posts. At the tender age of 4, she could jump of a fence without stretched arms calling herself an “eppy plane.”
Few years later, at the age of 13 in 1928, Nancy went for a flight and it became a “ruling passion of her life”. From this point, she started saving money for the flying lessons.
In 1933, when Nancy was 18, she started her flying lessons from the famous, Charles Kingsford Smith. He had a flying school in Sydney and Nancy was among his first students. At this age, most women were expected to man the nation’s kitchens while Nancy gained her commercial pilots licence when she was 19.