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Nancy Bird Walton
3 quotes
“Other women who flew were women of independent means. But I had to do something with it.”
Nancy Bird Walton (1915–2009) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nancy Bird Walton in March 2004 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/aviation/aviatrices/
“Things like radio etc. didn't exist. You passed an aeroplane on the right and the aircraft landing had priority over the one taking off. There was no control tower, and no control. If you were going to practice flying through cloud you told someone on the aerodrome that's what you were going to do and that was enough!”
Nancy Bird Walton (1915–2009) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nancy Bird-Walton, O.B.E (1915-2009)", Hargrave.
“As a four-year-old, my mother told me I was climbing the fence, jumping off and calling myself an 'eppyplane' … I bought books on aeroplanes, I followed everything in the newspapers about aeroplanes. Amy Johnson flew to Australia in 1930 - why couldn't I do something like that?”
Nancy Bird Walton (1915–2009) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nancy Bird Walton in an interview with George Negus on George Negus Tonight, 8 March 2004 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/aviation/aviatrices/