[Interview with Nancy-Bird Walton AO OBE Hon ME (Syd)] (By the seats of their pants)

Accession Number F00243
Collection type Film
Measurement 6 min 52 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description Betacam SP/Colour/sound (stereo)
Maker Fortitude Productions
Date made 27 October 1987
Access Open - exceptions
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Period 1980-1989
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Description

Nancy-Bird Walton's interest in aviation began at a very early age. Here she talks about learning to fly in the 1930s with Charles Kingsford-Smith (later Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith) and describes the intricacies of aerodynamics in the absence of modern technology.

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