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

by Kathy Mexted

This book details the lives of ten Australian women pilots, including Nancy Bird Walton, Deborah Wardley, and Gaby Kennard. Their aviation careers spanned outback flights, wartime deliveries, aerial agriculture, and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Accession 20425 ISBN 9781742236971 Publisher NewSouth Publishing
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