Margaret Adams (pilot)

Margaret Adams was an Australian aviator.

Margaret Adams
Born
Sydney
NationalityAustralian
Known forForming the Australian Women's Flying Club

Life

In 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
  1. "Australian Women's Flying Club (AWFC) in Australia during WW2". www.ozatwar.com. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. "HerStory Archive | Pioneer Women Hall of Fame". pioneerwomen.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. Thomson, Joyce Aubrey (1991). The WAAAF in Wartime Australia. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press. p. 28.
  4. "Women Also Serve - Helps mend soldiers' clothes". The Australian Women's Weekly. 30 December 1939. Retrieved 26 December 2016 – via Trove.
  5. "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.
  6. "Reveille March 1981 — The Returned and Services League of Australia New South Wales Branch". reveille.dlconsulting.com. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  7. "Mrs. Casey Flies Own Plane To Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 September 1950. Retrieved 26 December 2016 – via Trove.
  8. "The 99 News" (PDF). The International Women Pilots Association. January–February 1981. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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