2013, March 9th Women Fly - Free Flights for women interested in flying!

Women Fly - Free Flights

March 9th, 2013

March 9th, 2013, we are offering Free flights to women of all ages who are interested in any aspect of aviation! Feel free to pass this invitation along to all woman you think might be interested.

Women Fly - Free flight participants will receive:

                                                               i.      Introduction to Science of Flight, Aviation Weather,  and Pilot’s “Walk-Around”

                                                             ii.       Info on aviation for recreation and careers,

                                                            iii.      Flight in small aircraft or Helicopter! 

                                                           iv.      Introduction to other women involved in aviation for work or recreation, male family members welcome to attend ground briefings.

To book flights for March 9th, 2013, please click HERE http://www.womenofaviationweek.org/rsvpmaker/winnipeg/
and scroll down to select your preferred times   or  email <jill.oakes@ad.umanitoba.ca> and check out click here for Women Fly on Facebook = www.Facebook.com/womenflyfree!

Watch an awesome video by Kelly and Scott Pokorny showing women's first flights by clicking here!

• You will receive a flight departure time
• To keep your reservation, please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your flight departure time
• Flights might not leave on time or may be cancelled/postponed due to weather
• Please expect to wait - bring hot dogs for the BBQ (condiments provided) and drinks; games, a deck of cards to entertain yourselves. 
• Planes carry either one, or three, or five passengers; helicopters carry four or five passengers
• All passengers are required to sign a waiver prior to boarding
• Youth require their parent/guardian signature on the waiver prior to boarding.
• Waivers are provided by email attachment once seats are booked, please print off the waiver, sign it and bring it signed to the Passenger Counter.
• Flights depart St. Andrews Airport, reservations required
• Women and girls of all ages - in celebration of International Women's Day March 8th (the day the first woman received a pilots licence!) and Women of Aviation international. March 8, 1910, Raymonde de Laroche was the first woman in the world to earn a private pilot licence; one year later was the first International Women’s Day! Women Fly is held on March 9th 2013, because it is the closest Saturday to International Women's Day and part of Women of Aviation Worldwide Week!
• Men of all ages are welcome to participate in all the ground activities and to help volunteer.  

Sponsorships

The Ninety-Nines Winnipeg Chapter give a huge THANK YOU to the 200 volunteers, marshallers and pilots, plus the following corporations, organizations and flying clubs that made this event possible, and the women passengers that made it a success!

      ·        Aerocoat
·        Air Canada
·        Aircraft Spruce & Specialty
·       Allied Wings
·       Amik Air
·       Bearskin Airlines
·       Birkett Freight Solutions
·       Canadian Air Search and Rescue Association
·       Canadian Aviation Historical Society
·       Canadian Forces
·       Canadian Owners and Pilots Association
·       Carmen Flying Group
·       City of Brandon
·         City of Brandon
      Clive Perry AME
·       Commercial Aviation Pilot Program Collège Sturgeon Heights Collegiate
·       Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
·       Custom Helicopters
·       Goulet Aircraft Supply
·       Gregorash, Aero Recip, Air Parts
·       Habitat for Humanity Springfield
           Hartwig Fuel Repair
·       Harv`s Air
·       Keewatin Air
·       Leading Edge Mechanic
·       Manitoba Air Cadets
·       Manitoba Aviation Council
·       Manitoba Chapter 99’s
·       Maule Canada
·        MD-RA 
·       Millennia Helicopters
·       Missinippi Airways
·       Mountain City Aviation (Morden)
·       Nav Canada
·       Northway Airlines
·       Recreational Aircraft Association
·       Rural Municipalities of Springfield and St Andrews
·        Rural Municipality of Springfield
·        S.K. Aero  
·       Springfield Flying Club
·       St. Andrews Airport Incorporated
·        Standard Electrical
·       Steinbach Flying Club
·       Stevenson Aviation and Aerospace Training Centre, Red River College
·       University of Manitoba
·       University of Winnipeg
·        University of Winnipeg
·        University of Winnipeg
·       WamAir
·       Western Canada Aviation Museum
·       Winnipeg Airports Authorities
·       Winnipeg Aviation
·        Winnipeg Flying Club
·       Winnipeg Gliding Club
·        Women in Aviation International - Northern Spirit

History
In 2011 and again in 2012, the Springfield Flying Club, Recreational Aircraft Association, 99s and Women in Aviation worked together with flying clubs and flight associations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan to introduce a record number of women to the thrill of flying: 210 women in 2011 and 264 women in 2012. Many actually had an opportunity to handle the controls! And several have gone on to become pilots - a dream they had never imagined! One woman who flew for the first time in 2011, now helped with the 2012 event as a pilot! Thank you to all the volunteer pilots, marshallers, registration officers, helpers...over 200 volunteers donate their time, energy, money, and planes to make the 2013 event a success - more than at any other airport in the world...confirming that Manitoba IS the hub of the commercial and recreational aviation industry and THE most Friendly Airport!! In Canada alone, 12 other events are scheduled in other provinces, and many more are scheduled around the world; this friendly competition will determine who is officially the most Female Friendly airport in the world for 2013.

The purpose of the Women Fly - Free March 9th, 2013 is to ensure that women interested in any type of aviation have the opportunity to explore the adventure of flying at a most friendly grass-roots airport!

Blue skies and tailwinds!