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Nancy Bird Walton- Video quick questions
1. Why wasnt the baby able to go in the aeroplane to a regional
centre witha Dr
______________________________________________________
2. I was actually the ________________ __________________ to
ever flyprofessionally in Australia, but some of the Drs wouldnt
fly with awoman.
3. How did Nancy land or get her
winddirection?________________________________________________________________________
4. How did Nancy Bird Navigate
theoutback?_________________________________________________________________________
a. What tools did she use/not
use?_____________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
5. What did she do in the outback if she had to have a forced
landing to
gethelp?_______________________________________________________________________________6.
What do you think John Flynns vision of the mantle of safety he
wantedto throw over the thousands of miles means?
___________________________________________________________________________________
7. Where is the flying Dr service now? What
states/territories_____________________________________________________________________________________
8. What did Nancy think of the pilots current
job?____________________________________________________________________________________
9. How did Nancy Bird know Charles
KingsfordSmith?_____________________________________________________________________________
10.How much did Nancy bird charge for a charter flight around
ashowground?__________________________________________________________________________
(12 pence to a shilling, and 20 shilling to a pound , 14
February 1966, a
shilling was roughly equal to 10)
11.At what age was Nancys first flight?
_____________________years, and how didshe managed to undertake
it?___________________________________________________
12.At 19 Nancy had the
first_____________________________________________________________________________________
13.Whatdid they call her.
The___________________________________________________________________________________
14.What was one of her
fears?_____________________________________________________15.Complete
her saying. No matter how black the sky is or how bad the
storm clouds may be, the
_____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
16.Do you think Nancy Bird Walton is a national hero
(why/whynot)?___________________________________________________________________________
17. What did she do for the role of Australian women in the
1920s?___________________________________________________________________________________
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Nancy Bird Walton- Video quick questions- Answers
1. Why wasnt the baby able to go in the aeroplane to a regional
centre witha Dr _the cabin was no pressurised (babys lungs would
have collapsed)
2. I was actually the _ first____ _woman __ to ever fly
professionally inAustralia, but some of the Drs wouldnt fly with a
woman.
3. How did Nancy land or get her wind direction?____Land, just
on whatevershe could, wind direction from examining which way the
dust blue as she
landed!
4. How did Nancy Bird Navigate the outback?__rivers, land, rock
formations,trees, fences, telephone lines
_______________________________________
a. What tools did she use/ not uses?______Her brain, not use
radio,GPS, (maps- much apart from real paper ones while flying),
common
sense- and geography knowledge, follow the rivers
_____________________________________________________________________________
5. What did she do in the outback if she had to have a forced
landing to gethelp?_______try land near a telephone line- get
something to break it so
someone would come out and find her (As couldnt
communicate)_______________________________
6. What do you think John Flynns vision of the mantle of safety
he wantedto throw over the thousands of miles
means?___________________________________________________________________________________
7. Where is the flying Dr service now? What
states/territories_________nationally even Tasmania
_______________________________________
8. What did Nancy think of the current pilots job?
____________changed a lot,only view the same, too many
buttons__________________________________
9. How did Nancy Bird know Charles Kingsford Smith?_________He
taught herto fly ___________________________________________
10.How much did Nancy bird charge for a charter flight around
ashowground? _____10 shillings
(12 pence to a shilling, and 20 shilling to a pound , 14
February 1966, a
shilling was roughly equal to 10)
11.At what age was Nancys first flight?
____13_______________years, and howdid she managed to undertake it?
___worked in a shop under 13 saved up
money _________________________________________
12.At 19 Nancy had the first _______________commercial pilot
licence- the first ofa woman in
Australia____________________________________________________________
13.What did they call her. The________angel of the
outback______________________________________________________________
14.What was one of her fears?_______getting lost in the outback,
perish in theheat/sun
______________________________________________
15.Complete her saying. No matter how black the sky is or how
bad thestorm clouds may be, the __sun is always smiling on
top__________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
16.Do you think Nancy Bird Walton is a national hero (why/why
not)?______-_____________________________________________________________________
17. What did she do for the role of Australian women in the
1920s
?_______-____________________________________________________________________________
