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WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame 2011
June 25 — Women With Wings at Chanute Air Museum in Rantoul IL with keynote speaker Maj. L. Tammy Duckworth Each year, the WAI organization solicits nominations from throughout the aviation industry for the WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame. Chicago's Leading Edge Chapter nominated Maj. L. Tammy Duckworth. Women in Aviation member L. Tammy Duckworth serves as the…
WAI Dispatcher Scholarship Award
WAI Scholarship Winner Jennifer Alicz Congratulations to Chicago's Leading Edge Chapter member and Outreach Chair, Jen Alicz, recipient of the WAI Airline Ground School Inc. Dispatcher Training Scholarship. The scholarship will include a Distance Learning Course with a six day residency in Florence, KY. At the end of the program Jen will take her oral and practical exams…
Networking, Education and Advancement
22nd Annual International Women in Aviation Conference February 24-26, 2011, Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada Participants in the 2011 WAI Conference will be immersed in the tactics and strategies necessary for successful aviation careers. More than 3,000 women and men from all segments of the aviation industry are expected to attend. The 2011 Conference is…
NIFA Scholarship
Congratulations Scholarship Recipients, Jennifer Alicz National Intercollegiate Flying Association Scholarship Winner Jennifer AliczJennifer Alicz earned the Women’s Achievement Award, sponsored by the Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots. The prestigious award recognizes the recipient’s academic accomplishments, aviation involvement and community service. Jennifer is a member of WAI Chicago’s Leading Edge Chapter, recent graduate of…
Congratulations Megan Montgomery
Megan Montgomery ISA + 21 Scholarship Winner A very special congratulations to our own Megan Montgomery, recipient of the International Society of Women Airline Pilots Fiorenza de Bernardi Scholarship. Megan is the Secretary/Treasurer of WAI Chicago's Leading Edge Chapter and the Assistant Chief Pilot at Lewis University. She is also the Lewis staff advisor to the…
More Scholarship Winners Announced
Going to the Women in Aviation International Conference in Orlando, Florida this spring just got easier for these outstanding young women. Rachel Lynch Rachel Lynch had always dreamed of a career in aviation, but never thought it could become a reality. It was during her junior year in high school, after talking with her father…