Lorna deBlicquy

[4] In the 1940s, deBlicquy had multiple jobs to pay for her flight lessons which included working at a movie theater and for the Royal Canadian Air Force.

[5] In 1952, while studying at Ottawa's Carleton University she qualified for a commercial license and took work at Spartan Air Services as a navigation clerk.

She transported passengers such as diamond drillers, fishermen and inspectors to their remote destinations while flying supplies to the northern reserves.

On becoming a Class III flight instructor, she worked part-time for Sudbury Aviation teaching students to fly.

They two married in 1963 and spent the next two winters in New Zealand where Lorna served as a flight instructor at the Wellington and Marlborough clubs.

She charged the company with discrimination in an editorial for the magazine Canadian Flight and commented on the case in the press and on radio talk shows but no action was taken.

[3] She also received the Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy and the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case, for women who fought for equality.

[10][3] On 21 March 2009, deBlicquy died peacefully from Alzheimer's disease while taking a nap after dinner at her home in Beaverton, Ontario.