Silva dreamed of being a pilot, but never imagined she’d take to the air
Silva McLeod, 61, Melbourne, Vic
Grandma, come quick. There’s a plane flying over us!’ I cried.
Growing up in the sixties on the tiny Tongan island of Vava’u, spotting a plane was a rarity.
‘How clever,’ I’d marvel. I’d daydream of being up there, piloting the plane. But I didn’t think it was possible. Tongans don’t fly jets, I thought. And certainly not girls!
After leaving school at 18, I got a job in aI thought. A 28-year-old Australian electrician, Ken had come to help build a hospital. I thought.
