The story of how I took on Reg Ansett to become Australia’s first major female airline pilot

Around the time of his 40th birthday, my father decided to revive a longtime dream of his: learning to fly. He’d had his ...

Australia’s first female airline pilot Deborah Lawrie on her battle to fly

It was January 22, 1980, when a pilot stepped into the cockpit of an Ansett aircraft for a passenger flight from Alice Springs to Darwin.