Special Achievements

• 1960 - First woman in Australia to obtain Silver C award in gliding, and set an Australian women's altitude record of 10,200 feet.

References

• Petrick, Jose.  (2010, November).  The History of Alice Springs through Landmarks & Street Names.  St Marys, South Australia:  Openbook Howden Design and Print.  p. 188.WEAVING COURT Miss Mary Weaving – Glider pilot.Miss Mary Weaving was one of Australia’s leading women glider pilots.  In February 1963 she obtained the international gliding award, the silver C and was preparing to obtain the Gold C. Mary was a resident of Alice Springs for 15 years.  She was a committee member of the Alice Springs Gliding Club and one of its most active and enthusiastic members. In November 1963 the glider Mary was flying developed aileron flutter, a condition from which it was impossible to recover at her altitude.  Sadly, the glider crashed on a hill near the Carmichael Estate and Mary was fatally injured. The whole town grieved for her.
• Silver C. for woman pilot.  Centralian Advocate.  October 28, 1960:page unknown.  
• Inspecting glider wreckage.  newspaper unknown.  December 5, 1963:page unknown.