LANGLEY Following Their Passion
FRIDAY January 8, 2016 • www.langleytimes.com
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Kirsten Brazier prepares for takeoff with a young passenger during a previous The Sky’s No Limit – Girls Fly Too. Brazierhas set up a gofundme page to help out with this year’s event.
Kirsten Brazier is seeking volunteers to help with her third annual The Sky’s No Limit – Girls Fly Too event March 12 and 13 MO N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Ti m e s Re po r t e r
Langley resident Kirsten Brazier’s goal for the New Year is a lofty one. She aims to make sure 2,500 females fly for the first time. Last year, Brazier’s “The Sky’s No Limit — Girls Fly Too” event at Abbotsford International Airport, saw 1,700 females take their first flights. “It’s my passion to inspire more
females to get into the aviation world. This work is so important, for the past few years I have set aside my own professional flying career in order to bring these special events to thousands with the end goal of improving gender diversity in aviation, aerospace, marine and defence,” said Brazier. She has started a gofundme account under GirlsFly2 to help cover the costs associated with orga-
nizing such a large-scale event. More than 15,000 people are expected to descend on the Abbotsford International Airport on March 12 and 13 for the free Girls Fly Too event, the world’s largest aviation outreach show of its kind. She holds three world records for the event. For two days, 10 helicopters will take first-time fliers up in the sky. The hope, said Brazier, is to get
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females excited about careers in aviation. “This year is even bigger and better. I’ve invited the navy this year, the bomb disposal unit will bring a robot and a bomb suit, RCMP tactical team will be there too,” she said. “The event takes on a hands-on approach to capture the attention of a missing female demographic,” she points out.
There are only around 1,300 female professional pilots in Canada, as compared to 23,000 male pilots. The numbers are even more dismal in the aircraft engineering and mechanics. In the Canadian Armed Forces, less than three per cent of top command positions are held by women.
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