Touching the Sky: The extraordinary story of an Australian trailblazer who became the longest flying female airline pilot in the world

Deborah Lawrie didn't just break the glass ceiling - she flew right through it.

They told her women couldn't fly commercial airliners.

They told her women weren't welcome in the cockpit.

They told her women couldn't work and have a family.

She told them she'd see them in court.

In an era when flight attendants were dismissed as 'trolley dollies' and smoking on aeroplanes was practically mandatory, Deborah Lawrie broke barriers to become Australia's first female pilot for a major commercial airl...