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Jan Becker (left) and fellow midwife in Tanzania. Photos: Supplied
In air and in care
Nurse, midwife and helicopter
pilot – juggling careers and
delivering babies in Tanzania.
Jan Becker interviewed by Dallas Bastian
W
hen Captain Jan Becker is
not delivering babies here in
Australia or in Tanzania, she’s
piloting one of her company’s 18 Bell 206
turbine helicopters.
Becker, a registered nurse and midwife,
runs the largest helicopter flight academy
in the Southern Hemisphere. She founded
Becker Helicopters with her husband,
Mike, in 1996 and has received a number
of awards for her business leadership,
including the Telstra Business Women’s
Queensland Business Owner Award, the
Telstra Australian Medium Business Award,
and the Queensland Premier’s Innovation
Export Award.
Despite her success in the business