Margaret Adams (pilot)
Margaret Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sydney, Australia |
| Known for | Forming the Australian Women's Flying Club |
Margaret Adams (1915 – 8 October 1987)[1] was an Australian aviator.
Life
[edit]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.[2][3] The club was intended as a social club for women pilots, and by 1939 the club had 300 members.[4] Members underwent first aid courses, and studied aircraft engineering and navigation. They also made comforts, such as socks, for the Royal Australian Air Force.[5] In 1940 the Women's Air Training Corps was formed and the clubs became part of that organisation.[6][7]
In 1958, Adams, by then married and using her married name (Kentley)[8] 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.[9]
In April 1968, Adams and Anne Carter (a 22-year-old and Australian Woman Pilot of the Year) set out in a Cessna 182 to race a Morris 1100 driven by Jack Murray and Evan Green. The women, who flew only by day, while the men drove around the clock, reached the finish just nine hours and five minutes ahead.[10] In 1973, she navigated a Cessna 172 flown by Marie Richardson to win the Sydney–Dubbo air race on handicap.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Family notices: KENTLEY, Margaret Hypatia Monk". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 October 1987 – via Ryerson Index.
- ^ "Australian Women's Flying Club (AWFC) in Australia during WW2". www.ozatwar.com. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "ADAMS, Margaret". Women's Museum of Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Round Australia Marathon". The Coromandel. Vol. 23, no. 40. South Australia. 16 May 1968. p. 5. Retrieved 3 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Hogbin–Grant Placed Second Air Classic". The Bananacoast Opinion. Vol. 13, no. 2546. New South Wales, Australia. 24 July 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 3 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.