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Nancy Bird Walton interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 1483278
Format AudioAudio
Author Walton, Nancy Bird, 1915-2009
Access Conditions Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1977 Sept. 20. 
2 sound tape reels (ca. 56 min.) 
Series Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 1019-1020 
Summary

Walton speaks of beginning of her flying career at the age of 17; of meeting Sir Charles Kingsford Smith; she describes the training available for pilots in the 1930's; earning a living flying her Gypsy Moth; selling her plane and going to Europe as a guest of K.L.M.; she speaks of women in aviation. Walton recalls her childhood and family life during the Depression; she speaks of the Air Ambulance service which she helped establish.

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (31 p.) 
Subjects Walton, Nancy Bird, - 1915-2009 - Interviews.  |  Women air pilots - Australia - Interviews.
Other Authors De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984
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Details Collect From
ORAL TRC 1/1019-1020
Copy: Recording
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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ORAL TRC 1/1019-1020 (transcript)
Copy: Transcript
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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