Nancy Bird Walton Quotes

Nancy-Bird Walton, was a pioneering Australian aviator and the founder and patron of the 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 to become the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot's licence.

✵ 16. October 1915 – 13. January 2009
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Famous Nancy Bird Walton Quotes

“Other women who flew were women of independent means. But I had to do something with it.”

Nancy Bird Walton in March 2004 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/aviation/aviatrices/

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