This was my third WAI conference,
and my second time
going to the Girls in
Aviation Day. Overall, there were almost
200 participants at the
girls day. I was very stoked when I was
informed that there were going to be a
dozen or so activities, some of which
were building a tabletop airport, the
Civil Air Patrol booth, the flight simulators, making jewelry out of electrical wire, flying a landing pattern with
a paper airplane, and the Play-Doh station. There were also college booths to
advertise different aviation schools. In
the room next to the activities there was
a career panel with women from all aspects of aviation where you could ask
the speakers questions. My favorite activity was the tabletop airport because
I like arts and crafts and airports, so I
spent some time there. I picked out the
materials and built an airport. The idea
was to make the model airport the same
proportions as a real one. I hope next
year’s Girls in Aviation Day is as fun as
this one was.
—Zoe Booker, age 12
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