What is Jean Burns?
[[File:Jean Burns.jpg|thumb|200px|Burns in July 2006]] '''Jean Ethel Burns''' (December 1919 – 25 May 2019) was an [[Australia]]n [[aviator|aviatrix]]. She was the first Australian woman to [[parachute]] from an aeroplane over Australia. She also held the title of being the youngest female pilot in Australia for 15 years, between 1937 and 1952. She was born in the inner [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] suburb of [[Brunswick East, Victoria|Brunswick East]]. Burns died on 25 May 2019, at the age of 99.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.flyinghistory.com.au/jeanburns/jean.htm|title=Jean Burns|work=Flying History|access-date=26 May 2019|date=May 2019|archive-date=26 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526122213/http://www.flyinghistory.com.au/jeanburns/jean.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Jean}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Aviators]] [[Category:People from Melbourne]] {{Bio-stub}}