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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 13 > Nancy Bird-Walton was Australian aviation pioneer

Nancy Bird-Walton was Australian aviation pioneer

By Kristen Gelineau / The Bulletin
January 13, 2009

SYDNEY, Australia — Aviation pioneer Nancy Bird-Walton, who became the first woman in Australia to operate a commercial aircraft, died early today from natural causes, her family said. She was 93.

Walton, who was named a Living National Treasure by the National Trust of Australia in....

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