Women in Aviation International

The International Aviation Women's Organization (WAI) is a non-profit organization 501 (c) (3) aimed at providing women and men seeking employment in the aerospace industry for networking, education, mentoring and scholarship opportunities, is. WAI also aims to promote the general understanding of American women famous for aviation industry. [1]

Peggy Baty Chabrian is Director of Academic Support at Embry - Riddle Aviation University and has difficulty attracting and maintaining female aviation students. [2] In order to attract more women, she suggested holding a seminar and asked Moya Lear, Jeana Yeager, Shannon Lucid and Bobbi Trout to give a lecture at the first annual meeting in 1990. [2]

Due to the success of this annual meeting, this organization was founded in 1994. [3] As founder of the Aviation Women Conference, Chabrian was appointed as the first full-time chairman and CEO of the organization by his board in 1996. [4] [5]

The greatest heritage we received was in 2010 when Arlene Elliot left $ 203,000 from her heritage after her death. [6]

This organization holds annual general meetings from 150 times in 1990 to about 4,500 times in 2015. In 1996, 1,400 women attended the conference. [7] In 2013, more than 3,000 participants participated. [8] In 2016, the participants accounted for the majority of the participants and attracted attention at the previous meeting. [9]

The conference included educational seminars, networking opportunities in all aspects of the aviation industry, a scholarship award ceremony, and annual WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame ceremonies. By 2004, a scholarship of approximately $ 500,000 was awarded. [10] Part of the scholarship is awarded to men. [11]

In 1996, Robin Lamar and Marcia Buckingham hosted an organization of air and mechanical organizations at the WAI Annual Meeting and established a new organization called the Aviation Maintenance Women Association. [12]

In 2015, WAI released Aviation Girl Day on the last Saturday of September. [13] The purpose of this day is to make girls 8 to 17 years of age understand the aviation industry. [14]

Douglas, Deborah (2004). American female and flight since 1940. University of Kentucky Press. ISBN 9780813190730

Scholarships are a major benefit for international aviation women members and help members to achieve their goals and enter the aerospace industry that has always dreamed about. A total of $ 695,500 was awarded in 2018, and the total number of scholarships awarded since 1995 was 11,495,581 dollars. 20th anniversary special issue WAI Scholarships Change Lives read past success story success story

The International Aviation Women's Organization (WAI) is a non-profit organization 501 (c) (3) aimed at providing women and men seeking employment in the aerospace industry for networking, education, mentoring and scholarship opportunities, is. WAI also aims to promote the general understanding of American women famous for aviation industry. Peggy Baty Chabrian is Director of Academic Support at Embry - Riddle Aviation University and has difficulty attracting and maintaining female aviation students. In order to attract more women, she suggested holding a seminar and asked Moya Lear, Jeana Yeager, Shannon Lucid and Bobbi Trout to give a lecture at the first annual meeting in 1990.

Any high school student who is actively involved in International Air Women's (WAI) can apply for this $ 3,000 scholarship. You need to submit the complete WAI form, two letter of recommendation, 500 words of essay, resume, a copy of all airline licenses and medical records, and the last three pages of the pilot log (if applicable) . The submission deadline is November 12, 2018. American high school students playing woodwind instruments, brass instruments or percussion instruments can apply for scholarships by submitting complete applications, letters of recommendation, and recordings. Music selected from the work list. The deadline for submitting all applications is November 15, 2018.