International Women in Aviation - March 8th

Women in Aviation International

International Women’s Day is being celebrated on Friday 8 March 2019
British Aviation Minister, Liz Sugg, said: “For every 100 airline pilots, 94 are male. With a shortage of pilots in the future, the aviation industry needs to be making the best use of the talent in this country.”
Women account for nearly half (47%) of the national workforce, but only 6% of airline pilots in the UK are women - while India’s female pilot numbers are double of that.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/transport-minister-calls-on-the-aviation-industry-to-address-the-gender-gap

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Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson
The African-American mathematician's calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. manned spaceflights.  She was born August 26, 1918.  In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson

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First Nigerian Female Pilot
Meet lady Adeola Ogunmola who became the first Nigerian female pilot with Qatar Airways. This Nigerian woman has broken a barrier and paved the way for many Nigerian women in the aviation industry.
https://www.legit.ng/1225180-meet-lady-adeola-ogunmola-nigerian-female-pilot-qatar-airways.html

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Local girls invited to Girls in Aviation Day in Long Beach, CA
As part of Women in Aviation International’s (WAI) 30th annual conference in Long Beach, California, held March 14-16, 2019, local girls from ages 8 to 17 are invited to learn about the career and lifestyle possibilities available in aviation and aerospace.
https://www.civilaviation.training/pilot/girls-in-aviation-day%EF%BB%BF/

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Nancy-Bird Walton
Australia’s newest major airport will be named after pioneering pilot Nancy-Bird Walton to honor her significant contribution to the nation’s aviation industry.  The title of her autobiography, “My God! It’s a Woman”, stemmed from reaction over the telephone of Queensland grazier Charles Russell after he discovered the Walton was to be the pilot of a plane tasked to rescue him during a 1936 flood.  She lived long enough to see the first Qantas Airbus A380 Superjumbo named after her.
https://www.airlineratings.com/news/australias-newest-airport-named-after-pioneering-woman-pilot/

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Australian Pilots
Forest Lake Squadron of the Australia Air League is holding their annual Women in Aviation – Evening in the Hangar event during the upcoming International Women’s Week.  “The Future is here for Girls and Young Women in Aviation”.
https://www.airleague.com.au/2019/02/21/women-in-aviation-2019/

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2019 Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame
Women in Aviation International (WAI) has selected the 2019 inductees for its International Pioneer Hall of Fame. These women will be honored at the 30th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, which will be held March 14-16, 2019, at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 16, 2019
The 2019 Pioneer Hall of Fame inductees are Leanne Caret, Mary Golda Ross, Colleen Cain, Vivien Crea, and Janna Lambine and enlisted personnel Erminia Chillon, Andrea Gardner, Dior Lowen Hubel, Kelly Mogk Larson Robyn Rogers Norvell, and Elizabeth Uhrig.
https://www.wai.org/news/2018/11/30/wai-announces-2019-pioneer-hall-fame-inductees


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