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Eileen Vollick 1908-1968


Location
The City of Hamilton
In front of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum just to the east of Hamilton's airport, on the north side of Airport Road just west of Highway 6


Photographer
Alan L Brown
Posted
June 7, 2004

Summary from the Ontario Heritage Foundation's website
Following flight training in Hamilton, Eileen Vollick became the first woman in Canada to hold a private pilot's licence in 1928. This achievement effectively opened Canadian aviation to women.

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