Australian Women Pilots' Association
The Australian Women Pilots' Association (AWPA) was founded on September 16, 1950 in the airport building of Bankstown , a suburb of Sydney in New South Wales , Australia by 53 women. The initiator was the aviation pioneer Nancy Bird-Walton , who was elected first chairwoman of the AWPA.
The forerunners of the AWPA were meetings of female pilots at the suggestion of Bird-Walton in 1949, where they discussed their role in the course of World War II , because female pilots were not allowed to pilot military flying machines.
The AWPA is organized at the national Australian and state levels. This Australian pilot organization supports the interests of the female pilots. Any pilot who is in possession of a flight license can become a member. Above all, she advocates equal treatment and pay as well as women's rights for female pilots. The organization has launched a financial support program for the training and further education of individual pilots and is holding price competitions.
Its members hold a national annual meeting lasting four days, as well as a one-day annual general meeting.
In 2001 there were around 2000 licensed female pilots in Australia.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Australian Women Pilots' Association. (1950-) , on trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved January 6, 2015
- ↑ Scholarships and Awards at awpa.org.au. Retrieved January 7, 2015
- ↑ Women with wings: images of Australian women pilots , on powerhousemuseum.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015