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Early Australian female aviators were generally active since 1927 when it became possible for an Australian woman to hold a pilot's licence and fly within Australia. [1] Women had participated in gliding, or taken a licence overseas, but they had not been permitted to fly a plane under licence within Australia.
Millicent Maude Bryant (née Harvey, 8 January 1878 – 3 November 1927) was an early Australian aviator. She was the first woman to earn a pilot's licence in Australia, Pilot's Licence No. 71, in 1927. [1] She was also first to receive her pilot's licence in the Commonwealth, outside Britain. [2]
Robyn Clay-Williams, one of the first two female pilots in the Royal Australian Air Force and the service's first female test pilot; Jerrie Cobb (1931–2019), first woman to fly in the Paris Air Show and to be tested as an astronaut [18] [19] Jacqueline Cochran (1908–1980), first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound [20]
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 ...
May Bradford welding part of the all Australian monoplane for the England-Australia air race, 1934. May Gertrude Shepherd (née Bradford), (1897 - 24 January 1937) was an Australian aviator and the first woman in Australia to hold first class pilot's 'A', 'B' and 'C' licences concurrently, in addition to a 'D' electrical ground engineers' certificate.
Ivy May Hassard (née Pearce) (10 June 1914 – 26 April 1998) was one of the first female pilots in the southern hemisphere and a pioneer of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. [1] She is noted for her contribution to the cultural development of the Gold Coast, opening the first fashion boutique in Surfers Paradise in 1946.
Mary Teston Luis Bell (3 December 1903 – 6 February 1979) was an Australian aviator and founding leader of the Women's Air Training Corps (WATC), a volunteer organisation that provided support to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II.
During the war, Bonney served on the executive of the Queensland branch of the Women's Voluntary National Register. [3] She returned to flying after the war but retired in 1949 due to failing eyesight. [3] During the 1950s she was president of the Queensland branch of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association. [3]