Pink eagles: more and more enrollments of women who wish to become a PILOT

The number of women who choose to work in the aviation world is growing. A trend, which our own school sees multiplying year after year and which is proud to be able to see grow.

The world of flying is still predominantly male, but the female presence is constantly growing where more and more women are seen also holding roles of great responsibility.

On this day of commemoration of March 8, International Women's Day, we want to remember the women pilots who have been part of the history of aviation, to honor them, and to encourage future Pink Eagles to take an example of their determination and their passion , which have allowed them, over the years, to challenge limits and dangers, in a heroic and memorable way.

There are many women who have in fact crossed the skies writing the history of women aviators.

You can find many examples just looking back to history of aviation to find them:

Thérèse Peltier, the first woman to fly an airplane. She was in fact the first woman to fly an artifact heavier than air landing in Turin and this success was just the beginning of the story of women pilots.

Raymonde de Laroche, the first woman to obtain a pilot's license. And you know what, she got it on March 8, 1910, despite the fact that it was only in 1911 that this date became a point of reference for the fight for women's rights.

Ruth Law, the woman who fought for having more women pilots. Although she was not authorized to join the air troops in times of war because she was a woman, she did not stop fighting so that women too would be able to fly army planes, even writing an article for an important magazine which he entitled “LET WOMEN FLY”.

Amelia Earhart, the most known female aviator. She was the first to cross the Atlantic and the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland. Sadly, her mission ended with her disappearance in the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while trying to complete a round-the-world trip.

Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the first aviator to fly around the world. Well, the mission that her colleague started, she finished. In 1964 she completed the world tour in 29 days and making 21 stages to cover 36,800 kilometers.

Hélène Dutrieu, the most flexible female aviator. She was the first woman to take off in a seaplane and the first to fly a plane with a passenger on board. Given her desire to introduce Pink Eagles into aviation, she also instituted the Hélène Dutrieu-Mortier cup for French and Belgian female aviators, endowing it with a prize of 200,000 francs.

Instead, remaining in our commercial aviation sector, how can we fail to mention Fiorenza De Bernardi, who is now 94 years old and represents the first woman in Italy to have worked as an airline pilot, still representing an example for many other women who dream of pursuing the same profession.

At the end of her career in the civilian field, Pil. De Bernardi became president of the association she founded "Donne dell'Aria (ADA)" and vice-president of the European Pilot Federation and member of the 99 (an association to which all belong women pilots of the world) and member of ISA (International Association of women Pilots). In short, a life in support of the Pink Eagles in aviation. A support, also benefited from some of our girls, having won the "Fiorenza De Bernardi" award in the years 2019 and 2021. In fact, we are proud to remember:

- Gaia Bassi, Cantor Air PPL 16-2019 course student who in 2019 received the award from ENAC for being the youngest pilot to obtain the PPL License (A);

- Alice Trevisan, Cantor Air PPL 20-2021 course student who in 2022 received the award from ENAC for being the youngest pilot to obtain the PPL License (A).

De Bernardi wrote the book Pink Line-European aviators which was donated, with an original autograph, to Alice and Gaia on the occasion of the awards.

With this award the Mrs. De Bernardi addressed women on the day dedicated to girls in science «to raise awareness of the extraordinary professional opportunities and prospects that the aeronautical sector offers. There is an increasing need of the vision of young people to build the future>>.

And more than ever, there is strong growth in world fleets where, in a recent forecast, the need for over 600,000 new aircraft pilots is estimated in the next 20 years.

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We strongly hope that the women quotas will not stop growing in the cockpits, and that these pioneers (and not) of aviation can really represent an encouragement for many and abandon the idea of ​​the ordinary for the extraordinary, so that this finally becomes normality.

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