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Lesle Symes was born in Australia on 22 August, 1925. She was a pioneering Australian aviator and the first female commercial pilot in Australia. She was also the first female to fly solo across the continent. Lesle Symes was born to a family of aviators. Her father, William Symes, was a World War I pilot and her mother, Mary Symes, was a flight instructor. Lesle was inspired by her parents and began flying at the age of 16. In 1945, Lesle Symes became the first female to receive a commercial pilot's license in Australia. She went on to become the first female to fly solo across the continent in 1947. She also became the first female to fly a commercial airliner in Australia in 1949. Throughout her career, Lesle Symes flew a variety of aircraft, including the de Havilland DH-84 Dragon, the de Havilland DH-89 Dragon Rapide, the de Havilland DH-90 Dragonfly, and the de Havilland DH-95 Flamingo. Lesle Symes was also a passionate advocate for women's rights and was a founding member of the Australian Women Pilots' Association. She was also a member of the Royal Aero Club of Australia and the Australian Women's Flying Club. Lesle Symes passed away in 2006 at the age of 81. She was posthumously inducted into the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame in 2008.

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Born 22 August 1925
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1925

Olga Lesle Symes MBE (22 August 1925 – 30 January 1982) was an Australian librarian. Symes was born in Chatswood, New South Wales in 1925. The daughter of Olive Gertrude and Hessel Alexander Muldoon (a railway clerk), Symes graduated from Hornsby Girls' High School in 1942 and soon joined the Public Library of New South Wales as a junior library assistant. She was an associate of the Australian Society of Accountants, and a fellow of the LAA, and she was appointed MBE in 1970 for her contributions to Australian libraries. Symes died on the 30 January 1982 in Sydney.