Girls Take Flight

Saturday April 27, 2019

A Free Aviation Event
Presented By The First Canadian Ninety‑Nines
And Durham Flight Centre

Event Activities 9:00am to 4:00pm

Take a FREE Flight in a general aviation aircraft:

For girls and young women, aged 8 to 25 years old
Only for those who have never flown in a small aircraft before
Registration in advance is required
Signed liability waiver is required
Discovery Flight Registration opens in April

Everyone Is Welcome (no registration required):

Aviation activities
- Build a wooden wing rib
Get information about Aviation and Aerospace Careers
Interact with women of aviation, present and future
- Airline pilots from Porter and Air Georgian
- General Aviation Pilots (recreational, instructor, student)
- Aerospace Engineer
- Aviation Mechanic
- Air traffic control
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Air Cadets
Get up close and personal with some cool aircraft Click for details
- Porter Q400 airliner
- Canadian Forces CH-147F Chinook helicopter (tentative - subject to availability)
- Durham Regional Police JetRanger helicopter
- Pitts Special S2 aerobatic aircraft
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A Glider
- Aero L-29 Delfin military jet
- Piper Navajo Chieftan
Look at a Fire Truck and talk with Fire Fighters
Browse aviation industry displays
Tour a Bombardier Q400 Aircraft
- Porter Airlines is bringing a Q400 to Oshawa for the event with an all-female crew!
- The aircraft will be parked on the ramp outside Enterprise Airlines and will be available for tours!

Your Hosts

Girls Take Flight Oshawa is an event hosted by the First Canadian Chapter of the Ninety-Nines and Enterprise Airlines/Durham Flight Centre to introduce girls and women to aviation.

Volunteers

This event is run entirely by volunteers.
Pilots donate their fuel and aircraft for girls and women who have never been for a flight in a small aircraft.

LOCATION

Enterprise Airlines / Durham Flight Centre
Oshawa Municipal Airport
1190 Keith Ross Drive
Oshawa, Ontario
L1H 7K4

PARKING

There is parking along Keith Ross Drive.
Also, watch for signs indicating parking availability at local businesses.

There is also a large parking lot at the Main Terminal on Airport Blvd.

PHOTO GALLERY

Professional photographers take pictures during the event. Find your photo in our photo gallery.