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Allana ARNOT

Also known as: Allana Corbin

Born: 1967

Special Achievements:

In 1997 Allana Arnot became the first woman to circumnavigate Australia solo in a helicopter.  She accomplished this after teaching herself how to walk and fly again following a plane crash during a search and rescue mission in 1990.

Resources

  • Image - Allana Arnot

    Image courtesy of Allana Arnot, NPWHF collection

  • Link - Allana Arnot (1967-)

    Hargrave Biography: Aviation and Aeromodelling -- Independent Evolutions and Histories

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  • References

    Allana has written the books The Best I Can Be, Pan Macmillan, 1998 and Prisoners of the East, Pan Macmillan, 2002.

  • Image - Allana Arnot

    NPWHF avaitrix tapestry

    NPWHF collection