Girls Take Flight
Girls Take Flight Aviation and Aerospace Expo
This event is generally held each spring, and this year’s event was a huge success, with almost 1,300 people attending, including 200 volunteers and exhibit staff.
Everyone Is Welcome!
- Admission is free
- Aviation activities
- Talk like a pilot, using the phonetic alphabet
- Learn about airport operations and aircraft procedures
- Get information about Aviation and Aerospace Careers
- Commercial pilot
- Air traffic control
- Aircraft maintenance and repair
- Aerospace engineering
- Military aviation
- Joining the Air Cadets
- Interact with women of aviation, present and future
- Airline Pilots
- General Aviation Pilots
- 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
- Porter De Haviland DHC-8 Q400
- Jazz Bombardier CRJ200
- ORNGE AgustaWestland AW139 medical helicopter
- Durham Regional Police Bell JetRanger helicopter
- Antonov An-2 biplane
- Mitsubishi MU-2B twin turboprop
- Pitts S2 aerobatic biplane
- Ultralight trike (weather permitting)
- Look at a Fire Truck and talk with Fire Fighters
- Browse aviation industry displays and exhibits
Discovery Flights – Registration Required
Take a FREE Discovery Flight in a general aviation aircraft:
- Masks will be required inside aircraft
- For girls and women, aged 8 and older
- Only for those who have never, ever flown in a small aircraft before
- Signed liability waiver is required
- Must register on-line in advance to fly