Bobby Terry
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Florence "Bobby" Mary Terry (née Taylor), (1898–1976), was an Australian aviator. She was the first woman to own her own airplane in Australia, the first woman endorsed to fly seaplanes and the second woman to obtain a commercial pilot's license in Australia.[1][2][3][4]
Terry was the daughter of Captain R. S. Taylor of Brisbane, Queensland.[5]
She was the second wife of John Edgar Terry (1884–1934) with whom she had one child who died in infancy.[1][6][7][8] In 1938, she married fellow pilot Monte Fowler.[9]
Terry obtained her 'A' pilot license in 1928. In 1929 she received her the endorsement to fly seaplanes after lessons in a Dornier Libelle under the instruction of Jerry Pentland.[10] The following year, 1930, she obtained her 'B' pilot license.[11][12]
In 1930, Terry and five other early Australian female aviators escorted English aviator Amy Johnson in six planes into Sydney as Johnson completed her solo flight from London. The other pilots were Margaret Skelton, Evelyn Follett, Alice Upfold, Phyllis Arnott and Freda Deaton.[13]
She was a member of the Ninety-Nines[14] and flew a Dutch Koolhoven FK41.[15]
References
- 1 2 "Mrs. Casey Flies Own Plane To Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 174. 14 September 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "PREMIER'S WIFE STAGES 'DO' FOR WELFARE GROUP". Truth. No. 2802. Queensland, Australia. 6 December 1953. p. 48. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Goodall, Geoff. "Desoutter Monoplanes in Australia". Geoff Goodall's Aviation. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "FOR WOMAN PILOT". The Sun. No. 5856 (FINAL EXTRA ed.). Sydney. 16 August 1929. p. 11. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Aerial Pageant". The Telegraph. No. 17, 388 (SECOND ed.). Brisbane. 25 August 1928. p. 9. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "TERRY ESTATE". Truth. No. 2383. Sydney. 8 September 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Terry, John Edgar (1884–1934)". Obituaries Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "SYDNEY AVIATRIX'S HUSBAND HURT". The Sun. No. 1628 (STUMPS ed.). New South Wales, Australia. 10 June 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Skaters Break The Ice Early". The Sun. No. 1830. New South Wales, Australia. 24 April 1938. p. 1 (WOMEN'S SECTION). Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "This Week In Town". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 258. 9 October 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ ""B" LICENSE GAINED". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. New South Wales, Australia. 14 October 1930. p. 3 (DAILY and EVENING). Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Woman Pilot". The Queenslander. 16 October 1930. p. 22. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Escort for Amy Johnson's landing in Sydney, 1930". www.scootle.edu.au. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "Flying About The World". The Age. No. 26, 282. Victoria, Australia. 13 July 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Hood Collection part II, Box 021, nos. 033-042 : Queen of the Air pageant, Mascot". Collection - State Library of NSW. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2025.