Aeropelican Air Services Royal Flying Doctor Service Silva McLeod (born 1961) is a Tongan pilot and writer, who in 1992, according to the Australian Aviation Authority, became the first woman from Tonga to be awarded a pilot's license.
[1] After her marriage in 1980,[2] she moved to Australia in 1981,[4] later living in Melbourne,[5] and it was her husband who purchased her first flying lessons for her.
[1] In 1992, according to the Australian Aviation Authority, became the first woman from Tonga to be awarded a pilot's license.
[1][2] By 1998,[4] at the age of 37, McLeod was working full time as a captain for Royal Tongan Airlines.
[5][6] McLeod also experienced racism and sexism, whilst working as a pilot.