Originally published in 1995
A new non-profit corporation, Women in Aviation, International (WAI) has been recently formed. The organization will provide assistance to women in aviation and encourage young women to consider pursuing a career in aviation. The newly-elected WAI Executive Director and President, Dr. Peggy Baty, stated that the idea behind this new corporation is “to include women in all facets of aviation general, corporate, commercial, and military. The organization is not just for pilots but intends to also serve controllers, engineers, airport managers, business owners, aviation mechanics, and others.”
WAI will provide education outreach programs to educators, aviation industry members and young people nationwide. The goals are to foster, promote and engage in aviation education, particularly as it relates to women in aviation; to cultivate, foster, and promote interest and understanding among the public in the accomplishments and contributions of women to the aviation industry; and to establish, acquire and maintain information and mate- rials, acting as a depository for historical and scientific interest which pertain in any way to the science of aviation, especially as it relates to women in aviation.