Millicent Bryant

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Millicent Maude Bryant (* 1878 ; † November 3, 1927 , Sydney Harbor , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia ) was the first female pilot in Australia who demonstrated the ability to pilot private aircraft on March 28, 1927 by an examination. The fact that women were allowed to control airplanes first became possible in Australia in 1927.

Bryant received the number 78 Australian pilot license .

49-year-old Millicent Bryant, then resident of Wellington and widowed, was killed seven months later when the ship Tahiti rammed the small ferry Greycliff in Sydney Harbor , which broke in two and immediately sank.

Millicent Bryant was buried in Manly Cemetery in Manly , a suburb of Sydney. At her funeral, five planes flew over this cemetery in her honor. This was not yet common at the time. After her death, another 18 Australian women acquired pilot licenses within the next two years.

In the 80th year of death, the Australian pilots' organization put a plaque on the grave site of Bryant with the following text:

Australian Womens Pilots Association Commemorates MILLICENT MAUDE BRYANT .

The first woman in Australia to gain an “A” private pilot license Number A71 in a De Havilland 60 Moth Aircraft On 23rd March 1927 .

80th Anniversary 1927-2007

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ferry Boat Struck by Mail Streamer. Greycliff Smashed and Sank , Sydney Morning Herald, November 4, 1927, accessed December 31, 2014
  2. ↑ Aviatrices - Australian women of the air ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on australia.gov.au (English). Accessed December 31, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.australia.gov.au
  3. ↑ Millicent Bryant , at monumentaustralia.org.au (English). Accessed December 31, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Bryant, Millicent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bryant, Millicent Maude (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian aviation pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH 1878
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1927
Place of death Sydney Harbor , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia