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Kōrero: Aerial recreation

Women in aviation

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Women in aviation

Three pilots – two female and one male – prepare to go flying sometime in the 1930s. A few New Zealand women learned to fly during the 1920s and 1930s, but military and commercial aviation training was largely closed to them. Regional aero clubs were the main training ground for women pilots.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: G-750-1/2-EP

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Aerial recreation – Flying powered aircraft, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6093/women-in-aviation (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.