About
Aviation pioneer who broke down the strict gender barriers of her time by founding the Australian Women Pilots' Association in 1950. At age nineteen, she became the youngest Australian woman ever to earn a pilot's license.
Trivia
She was declared an Australian Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia in 1997.
Before Fame
She quit school at age thirteen and began taking flying lessons in 1933.
Family Life
She married and had two children with Charles Walton.
Associated With
She and Matt Hall are two of Australia's most famous pilots.