Margaret Adams was an Australian aviator.
Margaret Adams | |
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| Born | Sydney, Australia |
| Known for | Forming the Australian Women's Flying Club |
Life
editIn 1938, Adams, who was from Sydney, was active in forming the Australian Women's Flying Club (AWFC). She was elected the inaugural president in September 1938.[1][2] The club was intended as a social club for women pilots, and by 1939 the club had 300 members.[3] Members underwent first aid courses, and studied aircraft engineering and navigation. They also made comforts, such as socks, for the Royal Australian Air Force.[4] In 1940 the Women's Air Training Corps was formed and the clubs became part of that organisation.[5][6]
In 1958, Adams, by then married and using her married name (Kentley)[7] joined the international women pilots' organisation the Ninety-Nines. In 1960, she and Maie Casey received the charter for the Australian chapter of the organisation at a reception at the Royal Aero Club in London, England.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Australian Women's Flying Club (AWFC) in Australia during WW2". www.ozatwar.com. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "HerStory Archive | Pioneer Women Hall of Fame". pioneerwomen.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ Thomson, Joyce Aubrey (1991). The WAAAF in Wartime Australia. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press. p. 28.
- ^ "Women Also Serve - Helps mend soldiers' clothes". The Australian Women's Weekly. 30 December 1939. Retrieved 26 December 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "Thematic Study: World War II Aerodromes and associated structures in New South Wales" (PDF). New South Wales Heritage Office. November 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Reveille March 1981 — The Returned and Services League of Australia New South Wales Branch". reveille.dlconsulting.com. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Mrs. Casey Flies Own Plane To Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 September 1950. Retrieved 26 December 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "The 99 News" (PDF). The International Women Pilots Association. January–February 1981. Retrieved 26 December 2016.