Kathy Mexted, Newham Vic

Kathy learnt to fly in 1991 at Tocumwal, NSW and so it was natural for her to work in aviation. ‘Australian Women Pilots’ tells the remarkable stories of ten Australian women who embrace aviation into their life. It was five years of research and interviews and you will meet  trailblazers like Nancy Bird Walton, Deborah Wardley, who was told by Ansett that women couldn't be pilots, and Gaby Kennard, the first Australian woman to fly solo around the world. Others are perhaps less known, but their stories are just as extraordinary as they take us into the worlds of aerial agriculture, station flying, long distance ferrying and the RFDS.
Packed with drama, adventure and sometimes heartbreak, this riveting book is a salute to those women who refused to keep their feet on the ground.