Women Can Fly

With women still only making up approximately seven percent of the total U.S. pilot population, Women in Aviation International’s (WAI) mission continues to be introducing interested girls age 8-17 to what is possible should they choose aviation and aerospace as a career path. To present the industry to girls worldwide, WAI held their Girls in […]

Women comprise less than ten percent of the total pilot population in the United States (according to statistics from Women in Aviation). In the military, the representation of female aviators is even lower, and women were prohibited from flying in combat until the early 1990s. As a result, it is a big deal when a […]

At $45 a year, the annual membership dues to Women in Aviation International (WAI) continue to deliver valuable educational bang for the buck to any woman or man member climbing the aviation ladder, no matter whether they’re focused on flying, aircraft maintenance or air traffic control. And WAI knows just how expensive that continuing aviation […]

On Saturday, June 22, the Old Dominion chapter of the Ninety-Nines, Inc., and the Virginia Department of Aviation, sponsored the fourth in its series of Women Can Fly events at Shannon Airport in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The event carries on a legacy started six years ago intended to bring women—especially young women and girls—to the airport […]