Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport’s award-winning ‘Girls Take Flight’ event will take off again on Oct. 4. While open to all young people, the free Saturday program is focused on inspiring young women to become the next generation of pilots, engineers, mechanics and scientists, as they continue to be underrepresented in the industry.
Taking place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the downtown island airport, the event features exhibitors, static aircraft displays, flight simulations, a speaker series and more, providing attendees an opportunity to learn about science, technology and educational pathways in aviation and aerospace.
The speaker series includes senior leaders Lesley Page (Founder, Girls Take Flight); Tim Yee Lee (Aircraft Design & Development Safety Officer and Manager, Core Airworthiness, Bombardier); Lori Duthie (Executive Director, Canadian International Air Show); Captain Claire Lemiski (Assistant Chief Pilot, Porter Airlines); Lola Reid (Author and Pilot) and Major Marlene Shillingford (Air Reserve Flight Commander, Kingston Canadian Armed Forces).
The event program also includes a limited number of exploration flights, giving young women ages eight to 17 to experience what it’s like to operate a small aircraft and ride alongside a pilot on a real flight. Exploration flights are run by event partner Stolport, a fixed-base operator at YTZ, and advance registration is required.
Except for the exploration flights, activities are drop-in and open to all young people.
Girls Take Flight at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is produced in partnership by PortsToronto, Nieuport Aviation, Stolport, Porter Airlines and Ornge, with participation by NAV Canada and support from Indie88.
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