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Olga TARLING
Special Achievements:1960 - First Australian female Air Traffic Controller appointed to a position at Brisbane Airport.
Was an Air Traffic Controller for 25 years.
1981 - President of the Australian Women Pilot's Association
1980 - Received the O.A.M for services to aviation
1971 - Received Nancy Bird Walton Trophy for outstanding achievement in aviation
1957 - Took up a position with Southern Airlines
1957 - Qualified for Commercial Pilot Licence
Resources
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Link - Olga Tarling – Australia’s first female air traffic controller
Hinterland Times article on Ola Tarling, 2009