• Lindsay Kitson wins the 2013 First-to-Solo Challenge
  • Aviation records fall during the 3rd annual Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week
  • Over 17,000 girls and women discover aviation during Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week
  • Girls across 4 continents come together to interact with 3 amazing women of space
  • Women color the skies during Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week
  • One aviation training center to receive world recognition
  • Nearly $2,000 in prizes for the Event Organizer Contest and the First-to-Solo Challenge
  • The Association of Space Explorers celebrates Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week

In the news

Listed below are a limited list of online articles and TV reports with public access.

Some of the TV reports in 2011:

Women’s Aviation Week touches down in Billings (March 8 2011)

All female flight in Billings (March 8 2011)

A Birds-Eye View of Stevens Point (March 13 2011)

TV interview of Mireille Goyer, WOAW Founder (January 27 2011)

Pilots pitch aviation to women (March 12 2011)

Some of the print and online articles in 2011:

Rally GA: Giving women wings (April 2011, AOPA Pilot Magazine)

‘Smiles for miles’: Maryland event takes 185 women aloft (March 16 2011)

Opening the skies to women (February 23 2011)

A Week That Supports Women in Aviation Around the Globe (March 9 2011)


Aviatrices (24 janvier 2011)

Frederick Tops Female Drive (April 24 2011)

Tsawwassen pilot ensures women take off with aviation week (March 11 2011)

Women, girls get a close-up look at aviation (March 8 2011)

Local pilot works to introduce women to aviation (February 15 2011)

Joint Base Andrew’s Women ‘Fly it Forward’ during Women of Aviation Worldwide Week (March 16 2011)

‘If I could just get one girl to become a pilot …’ (March 12 2011)

Calhoun Air Center awarded honorary seal (March 24 2011)

Flying In A Cessna Over Peterborough As Part of Women of Aviation Worldwide Week (March 17 2011)

Bird’s eye view over Durham is revealing (March 17 2011)

Flying the Friendly Renton Skies (February 23 2011)

Arlington Airport aims to grow the ranks of ‘Women of Aviation’ March 11 & 12 (March 4 2011)

Volunteers at Arlington Airport share their love of flight with more than 150 women, girls (March 15 2011)

Females take flight over Frederick (March 13 2011)

‘Women Fly It Forward’ draws hundreds of potential female pilots (March 12 2011)

Thanks for giving girls gift of flight (March 19 2011)

Taunton flight school celebrates women aviators (March 9 2011)

Aviation Week attracts female flyers (March 30 2011)


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