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!

THANK YOU from the 264 Women and Girls who Flew!

Many of the 264 women and girls who flew wrote in the Airport guest book or Burt Barkman's hangar guest book. All pilots were thanked; however, many passengers didn't catch their pilot's name in the excitement of the adventure so only a few of the pilots are noted by name below. 

The following comments received by email or written in the Lyncrest Airport guest book are passed on to the 40 Volunteers that contributed their time, energy and money to make this event a success. It was a most memorable day! Passengers` enthusiasm, ear-to-ear smiles, and wild appreciation made this a most rewarding day for the Volunteers as well! Thank you!!! J Lyncrest Airport is a most friendly airport all year round as demonstrated on September 15^th!!

• Thank you so very much for making our Fly Day FANTASTIC!! Josephine has been grinning from ear to ear ever since her biplane ride. Thank you for encouraging her to go on her own with you! She is very proud of herself. Of course my little one Valerie is still chattering non stop about her experience too. So special!!
  
  
  Please convey a HUGE thank you to all that were involved in making this event such a great success! We are already looking forward to next year...I have MANY friends who are very interested in this small plane flying stuff! Will see who wants to come along for next year.HAHA! If there is anything I can do as a volunteer please let me know. Regards, Dominique 
  
  
• Many thanks to you - all of the pilots & ground crew. It was an exciting experience to fly in a small plane. Also a big thank you to my pilot Curt he was awesome.My husband & I really appreciated the opportunity to witness seeing the L10A arriving. Charlene & Jim
• Thank you so much for a great afternoon on Saturday, Jill, Colette and Bert.  My friend Karen Soiferman and I really enjoyed our flight with pilot Gerry (no white knuckles at all); neither of us had been in a small plane before.  I work surrounded by planes and pilots and tech crews and now can understand a bit the allure of light aircraft flight!  Thank you for giving me that opportunity.Cheers, Pam
• Laina had a great time and really enjoyed herself. My thanks to you, the club and the pilot!  Michael.
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• Jill, Colette & Bert, Words cannot seem to express our deepest gratitude for the amazing gift of flight experience that you and your friendly, generous and wonderful volunteers and  pilots provided to not only our group, but the 200 plus others throughout the day. Each pilot and volunteer's generosity is overwhelming to myself and our girls; to which we would like to thank you formally if your schedule permits, this coming Monday, Sept 17th at our guide meeting, where all the parents who participated in the day, will also be present. Yours ever gratefully, Tonya

• Thank you for all of the updates before flying. I had a wonderful experience despite a feeling of being airborne while being up in the sky.  My Mother really enjoyed her flight as well and I was able to take some interesting photos. Pilot Ron was a superb pilot. Please send me a mailing address where I may make a donation to the Lyncrest Airport. Thank you again for the wonderful experience of flying. Cheers! Teresa
• Nothing short of wow incredible generous and shear enjoyment. That sums up my experience on Saturday. Not sure what I was expecting but the smell of hot dogs as we showed up to brownies while we were waiting and a wonderful tour around the hangers was extremely enjoyable.  A special thank you to Jerry our pilot that made us feel at ease and made our flight completely enjoyable. It was a W O W. Thanks again to all the people that made the event possible. It's clear that your organization has a passion for flying and lots of heart and hospitality. I sure felt welcomed and learned alot that day. Not to mention break a world record. Thanks again. Sincerely Romalda 
• Please pass on my gratitude to Bruce of a 4 seater.  Also the men who continued to cut freezies for the kids and for the lady who organized the riders.  She had a hard job because we were all asking when we were going to be going . . . We are truly grateful!!! Pam
• We had a wonderful time!!  We would love to reserve for 8:30 am next year as well, if that could be managed.  We had such a great time.  We were all able to go up in the same plane, thanks to David, who figured out that my son was only 2 and the weight would work.  It was such a relief.  Thank-you also for giving me the go-ahead.  We had a great flight in 2011 and I was hoping to have a repeat this year.  Beyond expectations!  My mother-in-law cannot stop talking about the great trip we had.  We would like to thank Courtney, our pilot, who did an awesome job flying in the windy weather, and also for the swoops-- they made the whole trip that much better!  She was also very informative and knows her stuff, as well as very personable.  I cannot say enough good things about her!!!  A few other people need mentioning too.  Jacqueline, Helene and Collette were very helpful at the registration table and even made a name-tag for my daughter's bunny, so her ride would be noted as well. Jacqueline also helped with the certificates and did a great job there.  It seemed she was filling many shoes that day and was very friendly throughout it all. Burt gave us a great tour of some of the hangers and was a great host, answering many questions and providing some much needed sweets to the children as he took us to his hanger for a tour as well--- Wow!  what a collection!  He was a fabulous host and helped round out the whole event. Thank-you also to yourself Jill.  You were a dear person to overlook my son's gender, and continue to keep in touch even though I'm sure you had a million other things to do and more emails to answer.  I appreciate your continued correspondence and attention to detail. In short, we loved it, and truly appreciated the opportunity you gave us.  I will be talking about the event and encouraging others to check it out too.  Thanks again! Cari:)
• Sept 16, 2012. FANTASTIC!! I know you were a big reason why we made the goal, pushing yourself to keep flying until everyone was done. Thank you for making the World Record attainment possible. Collette managed the never-ending line of eager passengers with poise, patience and a lot of coordination. And Burt's tour was a highlight for our group that made the day even more memorable and educational. The Marshallers were all very courteous and accommodating to the many photo-op requests, while still managing their jobs professionally. As for our group, we were 12 young ladies aged 7-18 and their 5 moms, all from the Birds Hill Park, Tyndall, Beausejour and Seddons Corner areas. 2 dads, 1 uncle and one 4-year old nephew also came out to share in the excitement and memories of the day. We brought along paper airplane crafts for the kids to make, to test out their flying skills and we did a cute pipecleaner plane craft as well. Thanks again and great job to all the pilots for this very special achievement. Warmest regards, Tonya 
• Yesterday's flight was excellent!  We saw different landmarks from the air than last year, and I took 183 photos!  A new group of 5 women/girls accompanied me and 2 had never flown ever before - a 5 year old girl and her Grandmother.  What an experience for them! Thank you  Bruce! Susan
• Yesterday was an absolutely wonderful experience and I would like to thank you and all the volunteers.  I am so happy you were able to break the world record. Most sincerely, Elizabeth
• I had an awesome experience in the 2- seater with you as my pilot.  It was such an exhilarating experience.  Will definitely recommend to my girlfriends for next year.Thanks to all the volunteers for their dedication and hard work that day.  Everything was well organized and everyone was so friendly and helpful.Hope to see you next year!Shahina
• This is fantastic Jill, Collette and Bert.  I wasn't able to stay very long yesterday but I really enjoyed this opportunity to experience a flight.  Would be great to learn to fly but I am so sure I wouldn't be very good at it :).   Please pass on my thanks to our pilot Mark... he was brilliant.  My daughter, Harriet, was very very nervous and he put her at her ease and she thoroughly enjoyed it too. Mark mentioned that it is possible to take up a free seat when he and friends fly during the week he said you sometimes go to Beausejour for coffee and other places I guess.  I was wondering what it would cost to do something like this.  My husband and some other family and freinds would so love to share an experience like this and what an opportunity to be able to join the pilots…. Once again, thanks so much for a fantastic experience. Hope to see you again soon. Suzanne  
• Congratulations to all who contributed to setting the record. A second record was set when I took 443 pictures from the east side of Rnwy 17 of aircraft landing and taking off in the morning. Editing is going to be a challenge…Cheers, Malcolm 
• Thank-you Jill Collette and Bert and everyone else for a wonderful day and flight. We had a blast.  Here are some pictures I thought you'd enjoy… Please pass on to Courtney that we had so much fun and Holly really appreciated that she let her fly the plane. Cheri  & family 
• Thank you so much Jill, Collette and Bert, the experience changed my perception of flying in such a small aircraft...fascinating to me actually how my pilot Tom landed in such windy conditions. He was so informative and wonderful!...I would like to thank my pilot and contribute in any way possible! Thanks again....I'm going to Lyncrest next week to buy one of the new shirts ordered. So happy for such a great day and to be part of a world record!!!! Erin
• Was a great day. Those statistics are incredible. Thank the pilots very much! Julie.
• Naomi and I had a wonderful flight.  We flew with Mark who was kind, courteous, informative and fun.  We hope you have the time, energy and resources to organize this extraordinary event next year.  We would definitely do it again and would recommend it to others.We extend our appreciation and sincere thanks to you, Collette and Bert and the energetic volunteers.Cheers, Irene
• Just wanted to say how much my daughter and her friend enjoyed their flight yesterday.  Please pass on our thanks to the pilots and everybody who was involved in the Women Airborne event! Jane
• Thank you so much for such a wonderful experience. It truly was a beautiful day. Thanks again. Janit
• Thank you so much for the wonderful opportunity and experience. I have never been in a small plane in my life (I am 55yr old) I absolutely loved it. I enjoy flying generally however I have always been hesitant to go up in a small plane. Not sure why I ever had that idea and why I waited this long to try. Oh my God what a view. The Pilot that I went up with Tom Stoyka. He was very patient, professional and detailed in explaining.  The adventure for me was made by having someone so good take up a real "greenhorn" like me. Thank you again and big thanks to Tom. Great day. Angie
• Thank you for the awesome day and the nice organization! It was a really great flying day :-) I hope, we were success in the new record, too. Best wishes.Xenia 
• Jill, Collette and Bert, Thank you so very much to you and all the pilots for your generous offer today. It was an amazing experience. Sincerely, Cheron
• Another great experience!  My friends Joanne, Wendy and I really liked being the first ones up!  Left lots of time to get many other things do that day....including going to a wedding! So, please put Joanne and me on the list for next year.  Thanks! Elaine

Comments From the Guest Book, Burt Barkman`s hangar guest book also contains about 100 more notes of thanks for his most awesome hangar tours!!:

• Thanks for Women AirBorne! Lorraine
• Awesome opportunity! Danielle
• So exciting!! J amazing experience – Thanks Jerry! Simran
• Up Up and Away J Sandy
• Yahooooo!!! Aldina
• EEEEh, so scary! J Harriet
• Thanks everyone for the experience. Diane and Mariette
• Yeaaah – Into the wind!! Susan
• Nice job! Wendy
• Fantastic! Elaine
• Awesome!! Joanne
• Soooo Coool J Brenda
• Great time- thank you so much. Cari, Cailin, Allin, Mary
• This is great! Thank you!! Margaret
• Always wanted to fly! Julie
• Fantastic!!! :) Beryl
• This was Awesome, Thanks! Kateri
• Awesome!!! Thanks! Josie
• Best Day Ever!! Dominique
• Thank you so very muchJ Valerie
• 4 thumbs up J Christel
• J Janice
• I’ve never been in a plane I haven’t jumped out of!! Jennifer  
• Thank you!! J Josette, Maria, Amalia
• Great idea! Irene
• Awesome! Thank you!! Becky & Grace
• Fabulous! Christine
• Thankyou so much! Brianna
• Wonderful! Wonderful, wonderful. Gayle
• Great flight with Courtney! Madelaine
• Thank you so much. It was real fun J Jasmin, Cheyenne & Maya
• Thank you! Beate
• Many Many Thanks Gerry! That was Fabulous! J Michelle
• Thank you Gerry! J Shelley
• Awesome experience! Jill was great. Shahina
• J Jessica
• Great day. Dianne
• What a great flight! Lillie
• First flight ever was great!! Pam
• Thanks George!! Colleen
• Awesome! Gloria
• Great ride! Diane
• Thanks for a great flight! Barb
• What a grand experience. Thank you! Romalda
• Unbelievable experience, Thank you! G.L.M.
• So amazingly awesomeJ Gina
• Wonderful experience. June
• Thank you so much! Awesome. Boada
• Thank you Gerry! Awesome Flight. Donna
• Thank you it was amazing. Angel
• Thank you! Tahlyia
• Awesome! Thanks Cindy! Kara
• Awesome! Thanks Cindy! Jackie
• Great thrill!! Thanks! Donna
• Great flight! Marlene
• I saw my house! Olivia
• I saw my house and had an awesome ride! Lina
• It was my first time on a plane. Camryn
• That was awesome! Nicole
• That was really the most amazing experience. Emma
• Thank you for the opportunity it was fantastic. Sandra
• That was amazing. Markelle
• Thanks for a great flight George! Cheryl
• To Tom – I can’t thank you enuf…best pilot! Very informative!
• Awesome ride! Well orchestrated!
• Great flight! Thanks so much. Michelene
• Jill that was amazing!! Thank you soooo much. Tonya
• Thank you! It was fun. Janit, Jayden, Markelle, & Tara
• Thanks!! Shannon
• A lot of fun! Angela
• An absolute adventure! Loved every last minute of it! 
• Thank you for organizing such a great day. You'll have given our girls some great memories. Jan
• That was amazing! I want to fly a plane one day!! Tia
• It was great! Samantha
• Amazing experience! I have definitely been inspired to get my pilots licence! I’ll definitely be back next year! Sara
• Thank you for taking me on my very first flight! Bruce thanks for the gum! Kayla
• Great event! We liked it a lot.
• Had such a wonderful evening! ElenaPeter did the three last ‘sunset’ flights:
•  Had a great time. Thanx for fitting us in! Charlene
• THANK YOU PETER!!! That was absolutely amazing! Melanie
• Thank you to Peter!!!! J J That was so amazing !!!!!!!!!! J J J J J Melanie’s daughter

Women Air Borne - New Record Set - Media Photos Selected

Please let me know if you know the names of the people in these photos - the ones where I've missed the passenger's names!...thank you.

Courteney Remple with Mountain City Aviation (Morden)'s C172 and multi-generation group of women passengers! 

Cheryl Estabrooks in Harry Wiebe's C150

Al Hein with his group of keen aviation enthusiasts

Amy Johnson is a private pilot in training with Harv's Air and lives on her families farm next door to a farm airstrip near Anola, MB

Courteney Remple with a group of keen aviators.

Courteney Remple refueling Mountain City Aviation's C172 at Lyncrest Airport. Pilots donated all their time,  airplane, fuel...totalling $1000's of dollars worth of flight time.

Passenger getting ready to climb aboard Harry Wiebe's C152.

Irene Hyland used to fly Chipmunks in the late 1940s and Bud Laliberte was thrilled to take her up in his Cherokee!

Here's a few of the 264 women and girls of all ages that went flying in Women Air Borne, sponsored by the Springfield Flying Club, Recreational Aircraft Association, RM of Springfield and the flying clubs and pilots throughout Manitoba!

Female pilots included Anne (Private Pilot), Chantal (Commercial Multi IFR), Cindy Glover (Air Canada Captain), Ann (owns farm strip east of Birds' Hill Park), Courteney Remple (Mountain City Aviation Morden), Delainey Brown (Commercial Multi-IFR - ABD), Irene Hyland (Chipmunk pilot), Amy Johnson (Private Pilot student Harv's Air), and Jill Oakes

Women checking out Peter Moodie's Fleet Canuck, built in Canada in 1948! Peter flew as Captain for Air Canada and recently retired. He took the last three passengers of the day up for a most spectacular flight into the setting sun after waiting 4 hours for their flights!

Bruce McEwing flew in from Brandon first thing in the morning with his C182 and continued flying right through til dark. Here are two of his passengers that are now dreaming about flying...something they had never dreamed of before!

264 Women and Girls set new Record at Lyncrest Airport Sept 15th 2012

CONGRATULATIONS Manitoba Aviation Community!!!

September 15th, 264 women and girls ranging from 2 years old to 83 year old Chipmunk pilot were air borne in the Rural Municipality of Springfield in small two- and four-seater aircraft. Planes ranged from an Ercoupe, RV6a, Fleet Canuck, Champ, C172, C152, C182, Cherokee, AcroSport, CH701, ...and more!! Pilots and Volunteers came from Beulah (near Saskatchewan border), Brandon, Shoal Lake, Morden, St Andrews, Oak Bank, Dugald, Anola, Starbuck, Springfield Flying Club, Recreational Aircraft Association, COPA, Women in Aviation International, 99's, Retired Airline Pilots in Canada, Calm Air, Air Canada, Mountain City Aviation (Morden)....and more! Women Pilots included Anne (Private Lic) and Chantal (Commercial Multi-IFR), Anne, Amy Johnson (ABD), Delainey Brown (Commercial, Multi-IFR (ABD)), Cindy Glover (Air Canada), Courteney Remple (Private Pilot, Mountain City Aviation), Colette Pierce (Learn to Lander), Jill Oakes, Jac Laliberte, and Irene Hyland (Chipmunk pilot)! The following awesome men supported this event and made it a success:
Adrian Meilleur - 
Al Hein - 
Ben Toenders
Bill Gibson
Bert Elam
Mike Elam
Murray Bryson
Brian Koldyk
Bruce McEwing
Burt Barkman
Bud Laliberte
Curt Reimer
Dale Chevalier
George Inman
Harry Wiebe
Jerry Roehr
Jim Goold
Jim Oke
John Blackner
Mark Odegard
Paul Dyck
Peter Moodie
Rick Riewe
Ron Loewen
Ted Jensen
Tom Stoyka
Victor Prefontaine

Some Volunteers left home round 6:30 am, the first briefing was at 8:00 and the first flight in the air was with Al Hein who flew in from near Starbuck. The day began with a strong 20-25kt wind straight from the south with calm air at 2000 asl. By mid-morning the winds began to drop. Passengers waiting for their flights were treated to a surprise - an amazing hour-long  tour of some antique and modern aircraft of all descriptions with Burt Barkman leading the tours. Dave (Mountain City Aviation) and Delaney Brown gave mini "introductions to flilght" throughout the day to small interested groups of women who never envisioned themselves in a small aircraft....never mind flying one!! By evening the winds dropped and the last three passengers were treated to a classic Prairie sunset ride in a classic Fleet Canuck, a two-seater aircraft made in Canada!

Thank you to over 35 volunteers who donated their time, energy and money, and the Rural Municipality of Springfield for helping to make this event a success in inspiring women and girls to taste the adventure of flying for fun! ...plus, working together, we set a new record!

Drop by the Lyncrest Airport any day around noon and read the Sprigfield Flying Club's guest book to see some first hand comments from the passengers! Photos, Passenger's comments and details on the record will be posted on later this week on http://womenairborne.blogspot.ca If you have photos you'd like posted, please sent them to jill_oakes@umanitoba.ca

Next event Women Air Borne...Sept 7th 2013!

Next event for Youth only aged 8-17 is at Lyncrest on Sept 22nd, Saturday, come early as its first come first serve - first flights leave at 9:30 am Bring your parent/guardian as a signed COPA for Kids waiver must be signed before boarding the aircraft.

CONGRATULATIONS Manitoba!!!

Happy Flying
From the Organizing Core: Colette, Bert & Jill and all the 35 Volunteers 

 Rick Riewe (Event Photographer) running up to the plane to take photos before the passengers leave.

 Susan Kotello's friend in the air!

Elizabeth Hiltz says she felt like she stepped back in time!

Marshallers: John Blackner, Bert Elam, Amy Johnson; Mike Elam, Murray Bryson, Dale Chevalier, Adrian Mielleur, Rick Riewe, Paul Dyck and others helped keep aircraft and people organized throughout the day.

Bruce McEwing refueling his thirsty C180.

Colette Pierce and her sister Helen lead registration. Colette learned to land her family plane last winter and Ken flew her to Winnipeg from Beulah, MB.

Sandy Hudson brought the largest group = 37 women!! to join in the fun and spent most of the day touring around the airport and going for free rides.

Gerry Roehr is the Regional Director for COPA and has volunteered for civilian search and rescue for many years. He took about 25 gals flying in his C180!

Harry Wiebe introduced women one at a time to flying in his C152.

George Inman took a steady stream of passengers up in his CH701, a kit built aircraft known for its' excellent short field take off and landing features.

Passengers went up with Curt Reimer in his RV6 - a kit built aircraft

Tom Stoyka started flying first thing this morning and flew right through til just before sunset when he headed back to his farmstrip near Cooks Creek.

Al Hein flew in from Starbuck and flew the whole day.

Lorraine Baydack surprised her daughter by flying in an open cockpit plane - Angie will only believe it when she sees this photo!!

Adrian Mielleur, one of a team of marshallers

Ron Loewen flew in from Morden in his C152, Manitobans will recognize Ron as the pilot of the only BD5 in western Canada!

Bud Laliberte doing his cockpit check with Irene Hyland a Chipmunk Pilot!

Curt Reimer loading his RV

CINDY Glover flies for Air Canada and flew about 8 women at this event. Next time you board a flight to see your grandchildren, check out the Captains to see if Cindy is flying!

Murray Bryson marshalling a passenger and Pilot BruceMcEwing to the plane.

Mark O'degard has flown 100s of youth in our free EAA Young Eagle flights, and flew non-stop all day for Women Air Borne.

Burt Barkman lead about 25 people at a time on a surprise airport-hangar-airplane tour. He lead tours the whole day and was often seen with a large group of women curious to learn more about airplanes and flying.
Including 15 RM of Springfield Girl Guides who earned their Aeronautical Badge at the event!

One small group of the 264 women and girls who were flying today - and a few of their husbands who came to stay on the ground and take photos or look after enfants!

Courteney Remple with another group of keen women.

Jill Oakes making sure Elizabeth, a Fisheries Biologist, is belted in before taking of for her first flight.

Mike Elam marshalling.

Cindy Glover with another load of women!

Vic Prefontaine helped Ben Toenders with a tail wheel spring problem. Vic and Grant 'held down the fort' making sure things ran smoothly.

Dave (Mountain City Aviation Morden), Ann (east of Bird's Hill Pk) and Delainey Brown kept the operation running inside the clubhouse.

Five of the female pilots participating in the event: Courteney, Delainey, Irene, Amy and Jill

Tom Stoyka and passenger

Mark O'degard with some of his passengers.

RM of Springfield Girl Guides (and one Brownie) on their way home after spending the day at the airport!

Burt Barkman with Girl Guide group

Courteney Remple with her passengers

While waiting, some people were fascinated with trying their hand at flyinig on the flight simulator - for free access to anyone who would like to use it. Some of the men and boys that came with their family played on the flight simulator while they waited for the girls to come back from their flights. Next week - Saturday, Sept 22nd 2012, youth - boys and girls- aged 8 - 17 have a chance for free flights, first flights leave at 9:30 am. Come early to avoid a long wait and bring cards or other games to play while you wait.

Jac Laliberte has registered 100s of youth for EAA Young Eagle and COPA for Kids flights. She worked the whole day helping with getting certificates completed and selling items from the Springfield Flying Club gift shop - shirts ($20), hats ($10) and more available.

Paul Dyck marshalling more women to their planes.

Tour of Burt Barkman's museum!

Mark O'degard and passengers

Dale Chevalier with a relative and Tom Stoyka after their flight.

John Blackner's daughter, Carolyn.

Rick Riewe took almost 400 photos for the event.

Jim Oke came to the field in the afternoon to fly the 2nd shift and flew until dark.

John Blackner

Peter Moodie with one of his passengers that had waited for 4 hours before her flight. We sure were glad to see Peter arrive to give some rides!

 Rick Riewe and Adrian Mielleur marshalling and photographing passengers.

Jim Oke with more passengers who got to fly in the "Pilot" seat - Jim spent decades as a flight instructor for the military so he is more comfortable in what is normally the seat used by passengers or flight instructors. The pilot usually sits in the left seat!

Delainey Brown looked after the flight briefings - this is the first one she did in the morning.

Bud Laliberte after flying another passenger in his Cherokee

An awesome day of flying with the airport packed full of women and girls of all ages...seemed normal!!

Thank you !!!