Category Archives: women in aviation

Sgt. Maj. Joy Kitashima will become the first female Marine to fill the senior enlisted role in a Marine expeditionary force when she takes up her new responsibilities next year at Camp Courtney, according to a spokesman for III MEF. “She will be the first ever female force-level sergeant major in the Marine Corps,” Capt.Read More

The University of South Australia is celebrating the highest intake of women enrolled in its aviation programs in its history, since becoming the first university in Australasia in 1995 to offer tertiary qualifications in the sector. Females now account for 30 percent of UniSA’s aviation students, defying trends in a male dominated industry where womenRead More

NASA’s astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann has become the first Native American woman to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft this year. This is Mann’s first spaceflight since becoming an astronaut in 2013. She is the spacecraft commander responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry. Having earnedRead More

Allison Bennett recalls rising above the lakes and forests of northeastern Ontario, Canada in July 2018 and seeing dozens of lightning-sparked wildfires on the horizon. She was looking at a busy workday as a De Havilland Canada CL-415 water bomber pilot. One wildfire was particularly urgent. Fuelled by dry conditions and high winds, the blazeRead More

Currently awaiting a first officer position on AirAsia’s single-aisle fleet in Kuala Lumpur, Cindy Wong completed her training thanks to an ambassador scholarship from CAE. When Cindy Wong was studying for a university degree in psychology in Australia, she did not know what she would end up doing with it – there was certainly noRead More

Florida-based FBO operator Sheltair partnered with Women in Aviation International (WAI) this past weekend to celebrate the 8th annual Girls in Aviation Day. WAI launched Girls in Aviation Day in 2015 with a mission to educate young girls about possible careers in the aviation industry. Saturday’s events at Sheltair facilities in Florida and Georgia attractedRead More

As a second session of a United Nations working group on reducing space threats approaches, US government officials say they’re looking for ways to encourage more countries to back a ban on anti-satellite weapon tests. Vice President Kamala Harris announced recently that the United States would refrain from conducting direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) tests, calling suchRead More

Etihad Airways recently celebrated Captain Aisha Al Mansoori who has become the UAE’s first female Emirati Captain in a commercial airline. This is a significant milestone for aviation within the UAE and part of Etihad’s efforts to expand the roles of women in aviation, in particular the pilot community. The command upgrade ceremony took placeRead More

Emirates Group has recently partnered with INSEAD, a prominent business school, to offer its Emirati senior executives a chance to enroll in the Women Leaders Program. The four-day program will bring female Emirati leaders on a peer learning journey with women leaders from other global organizations. It aims to provide participants with broader perspectives onRead More

Isotropic Systems is changing its name to All.Space, as the British antenna manufacturer unveils its “fifth-generation smart terminal” to link cellular and satellite networks. All.Space announced plans recently to begin production in late 2022 of the new terminal, which is designed to connect networks “via multiple, simultaneous links,” according to the company based in Reading,Read More