Take Flight, 9781742237619
Paperback
Australian women defy gravity, chasing dreams and conquering the skies.

Take Flight

Incredible Stories of Australian Women Who Reach for the Sky

$36.61

  • Paperback

    299 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2024

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Summary

From balancing on a wingtip to circling with eagles, Take Flight tells the stories of Australian women who have leapt, tumbled and dived, and reached for the stars.

Helicopter pilot Alida Soemawinata ascends over Kata Tjua. Paramotor pilot Sacha Dench follows migrating swans from the Arctic tundra to the English countryside. Birdwoman Stef Walter wing walks. Hot air balloonist Donna Tasker glides over Bristol, Myanmar and much of Australia. Gomeroi astrophysi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781742237619
ISBN-10:1742237614
Author:Kathy Mexted
Publisher:NewSouth Publishing
Imprint:NewSouth Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:299
Release Date:1 October 2024
Weight:360g
Dimensions:26mm x 402mm x 156mm
About The Author

Kathy Mexted

Kathy Mexted is a writer, photographer and editor. Inspired by her father, she learnt to fly in 1991, before she became a writer. Now she writes more than she flies, though her eyes and mind are usually turned skywards. She grew up in Finley, New South Wales, and currently lives with her family on 40 hectares in central Victoria. She is the author of Australian Women Pilots.

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