Take a FREE Discovery Flight in a general aviation aircraft:
For girls and young women, aged 8 to 25 years old
Only for those who have never, ever flown in a small aircraft before
Registration in advance is required
Signed liability waiver is required
Everyone Is Welcome (no registration required):
Aviation activities
Build a wooden wing rib
Talk like a pilot, using the phonetic alphabet
Learn about airport operations and aircraft procedures
Scavenger Hunt
Get information about Aviation and Aerospace Careers
Interact with women of aviation, present and future
Airline pilots from Porter, Air Canada, Sunwing, Jazz, Rouge, WestJet and Air Georgian
General Aviation pilots (recreational, instructor, student)
Aerospace Engineers
Aviation Mechanics
Air traffic controllers
Royal Canadian Air Force officers
Air Cadets
Get up close and personal with some cool aircraft on static display Click for details
Bombardier DHC-8 Q400 airliner (with a Porter all-female crew)
Canadian Forces Bell CH-146 Griffon Search and Rescue helicopter
(2) North American Aviation T-28 Trojan (tentative)
Antonov An-2 biplane
Durham Regional Police Bell JetRanger helicopter
Pitts Special S2 aerobatic biplane
CASARA Cessna 182 Search and Rescue aircraft
Schweizer SGS 2-33A Glider
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
Spreading Wings S900 and SenseFly eBee UAS (drones) used commercially for digital image and thermal sensing
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.
