UND Frozen Force Wins Intercollegiate Air Race Classic

Kim Stevens Aviation Education, North Dakota

Photo above – The 2025 Frozen Force Team includes Helena Lind, pilot; Charlotte Fuller, co-pilot; Caroline Kelley, navigator; and Aubrey Baril, ground coordinator. The team is coached by Katia Peters and Antonia Wagener.

For the first time, the UND Frozen Force flying team has won the Intercollegiate Air Race Classic, an annual, multi-stop competition for female pilots. More than 40 different teams took part in the race, with 18 competing within the intercollegiate division. This year the race originated in Fairhope, Ala., and concluded in Spokane.

Women’s competitive air racing dates to 1929. The nonprofit Air Race Classic Inc. holds the race each year. According to the organization’s website, it is dedicated to:

  • Encouraging and educating current and future women pilots.
  • Increasing public awareness of general aviation.
  • Demonstrating women’s roles in aviation.
  • Preserving and promoting the tradition of pioneering women in aviation.

More information about the organization, a map of the race course for 2025, and team and historical information can be found on the organization’s website.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.