undercarriage to provide drag. Leopard Moths were active during World War II in communications and liaison work, but G-ACOJ had been operating in France and was stored there to escape invading German forces in about 1940. It wouldn't see the light of day for another 50 years. Norman purchased the restored airplane about six years ago. There are currently five or six Leopard Moths in England, he said, and three or four in Australia and New Zealand. But there's only one at Oshkosh. Video Documentaries Australians : Nancy Bird-Walton A series of short documentaries that presents biographical accounts of Australian personalities, both past and present, drawn from various facets of Australian life. ABC TV, (5 mins) A Big Country : She Simply Wanted to Fly Nancy Bird is a flier, and her story is one of strength and courage of a young girl determined to earn her living by charater flying in outback New South Wales during the 1930's. (VHS 30 mins) This is the story of Nancy Bird, one of Australia's early woman pilots. In 1933, when women were still expected to man the nations kitchens, nineteen-year-old Nancy Bird obtained her commercial pilots licence. It was an exciting period in aviation. Long distance flights in single engined aircraft captured the imagination of people all over the world, aero clubs flourished, and the exploits of legendary figures such as Charles Kingsford Smith, P.G. Taylor and Charles Ulm filled the newspapers. Nancy Bird shares her memories of these days and her