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Australia's trailblazing female pilots

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Australian aviator Nancy Bird Walton chatting with two men.
Australian aviator Nancy Bird Walton (1915 - 2009) chats with Captain Bosson and a crew member of a KLM airliner at Croydon, UK, 10th February 1939. She is in the UK to study commercial aviation and civil flight.(Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Australian women have been flying since the early days of aviation but, with a few exceptions, they've rarely been visible or well known. In a new book, Kathy Mexted tells the remarkable stories of ten Australian women who refused to keep their feet on the ground.

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Bill Laurance - Madeleine

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