Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
Tori Nikolaou Gold Coast Photo Shoot
By Nigel Hallett
27 February, 2018
Brisbane's Tori Nikolaou is set to soar as Australia’s first ­female indigenous commercial pilot – and her 737-flying father is on cloud nine at the prospect.
After acting as her dad Tony’s “wing-girl” as a child, Ms Nikolaou, 22, is almost ready to follow in the Virgin Australia captain’s flight path.
She’s in the final weeks of ­advanced pilot training at the Australian Wings Academy at Coolangatta and hopes to land a job with a major airline.
“Flying’s been in my blood ­almost since I was a little kid,” said Ms Nikolaou, whose mum Tamara is Aboriginal.
“I flew with Dad all the time from when I was a toddler and really looked up to him.”
Mr Nikolaou said he was ­“incredibly proud” his daughter, who used to fly on his lap as an infant in the Kimberley.
Yet Ms Nikolaou’s dream was almost grounded after she was struck down three years ago with spinal cysts. She was bedridden for months and had multiple operations before being cleared.
“I’ve never pushed her,” Mr Nikolaou said. “But when she ­decided in high school that she wanted to take up flying as a ­career, I was pretty excited.”
Ms Nikolaou said she hoped to inspire other young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to reach for the sky. 


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