Bobby Terry
{{short description|Person actively involved in flying an aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
Florence "Bobby" Mary Terry (née Taylor), (1898–1976), was an Australian aviator. She was the first woman to own her own airplane in Australia, the first woman endorsed to fly seaplanes and the second woman to obtain a commercial pilot's license in Australia.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18181292 |title=Mrs. Casey Flies Own Plane To Sydney |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=35,174 |date=14 September 1950 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202687040 |title=PREMIER'S WIFE STAGES 'DO' FOR WELFARE GROUP |newspaper=Truth |issue=2802 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=6 December 1953 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=48 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|last1=Goodall|first1=Geoff|title=Desoutter Monoplanes in Australia|url=http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/desoutter/desoutters.html|website=Geoff Goodall's Aviation|accessdate=24 January 2018}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222951629 |title=FOR WOMAN PILOT |newspaper=The Sun |issue=5856 |location=Sydney |date=16 August 1929 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=11|edition=FINAL EXTRA |via=National Library of Australia}}
Life
Terry was the daughter of Captain R. S. Taylor of Brisbane, Queensland.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182346538 |title=Aerial Pageant |newspaper=The Telegraph |issue=17,388 |location=Brisbane |date=25 August 1928 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=9|edition=SECOND |via=National Library of Australia}}
She was the second wife of John Edgar Terry (1884–1934) with whom she had one child who died in infancy.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169344690 |title=TERRY ESTATE |newspaper=Truth |issue=2383 |location=Sydney |date=8 September 1935 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|title=Terry, John Edgar (1884–1934)|url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/terry-john-edgar-16192|website=Obituaries Australia|accessdate=24 January 2018}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229208854 |title=SYDNEY AVIATRIX'S HUSBAND HURT |newspaper=The Sun |issue=1628 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 June 1934 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=2|edition=STUMPS |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1938, she married fellow pilot Monte Fowler.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229873147 |title=Skaters Break The Ice Early |newspaper=The Sun |issue=1830 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 April 1938 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=1 (WOMEN'S SECTION) |via=National Library of Australia}}
Terry obtained her 'A' pilot license in 1928. In 1929 she received her the endorsement to fly seaplanes after lessons in a Dornier Libelle under the instruction of Jerry Pentland.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27898179 |title=This Week In Town |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=34,258 |date=9 October 1947 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} The following year, 1930, she obtained her 'B' pilot license.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104426254 |title="B" LICENSE GAINED |newspaper=Goulburn Evening Penny Post |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 October 1930 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=3 (DAILY and EVENING) |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23130386 |title=Woman Pilot. |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=16 October 1930 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}} She was a member of the Ninety-Nines.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204921292 |title=Flying About The World |newspaper=The Age |issue=26,282 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=13 July 1939 |accessdate=24 January 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}