{"id":19936,"date":"2021-11-08T23:55:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T23:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19936"},"modified":"2021-11-09T14:06:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:06:57","slug":"sold-out-oklahoma-women-in-aviation-and-aerospace-day-attended-by-more-than-650","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/sold-out-oklahoma-women-in-aviation-and-aerospace-day-attended-by-more-than-650\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Sold-Out Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day Attended by More Than 650"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The fifth annual Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day, held\nFriday, November 5th<\/sup> at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City,\nwas attended by more than 650 people. The sold-out event which featured keynote\nspeaker Astronaut Mary Wallace \u201cWally\u201d Funk was presented by the Oklahoma\nAeronautics Commission (OAC), in partnership with the Oklahoma Airport\nOperators Association (OAOA), AAR Corporation, Omni Air Transport, Oklahoma\nDepartment of Commerce, and the Oklahoma Chapter of Ninety-Nines (99s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wally Funk poses with future aviators. Photos by Bryan Dahlvang <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

American aviator and space tourist Wally Funk was the\nfirst female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety\nBoard, the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and\nthe first female Federal Aviation Agency inspector, as well as one of the\nMercury 13. Funk became the oldest woman to go to space on July 20, 2021, at\nage 82, as part of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard spacecraft during its suborbital\nflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The history of Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace\nDay began in 2017 when the Oklahoma legislature passed Senate Bill 230 to\nofficially recognize the contribution of Oklahoma women in the state\u2019s aviation\nand aerospace industry annually on Dec. 9. Former Governor Mary Fallin signed\nthe bill into law going into effect Nov. 1 that same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joining Wally Funk to celebrate the contributions of women to aviation and aerospace was Governor Kevin Stitt, Mayor David Holt, and Commander John Herrington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe could not be more thrilled to welcome Wally Funk, 99s from around the U.S., and many other aviation leaders to our great state to celebrate the contributions of women throughout history in the aviation industry,\u201d Event Chair Sandra Shelton said. \u201cToday, women are represented in all sectors of our industry from commercial airports to military installations and our event is dedicated to recognizing these achievements and paving the way for future innovations led by women in the field.\u201d\u00c2\u00a0 Check out photos on FB. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OKWIAADay\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual Oklahoma Women in Aviation & Aerospace Day\nprovides an opportunity for individuals to learn more about how Oklahomans may\nadvocate on behalf of aviation and aerospace for young girls and women to\npursue aviation. As Oklahoma’s second largest and fastest-growing industry,\naviation has a significant impact on the lives of our citizens. It is a unique\nopportunity to gather Oklahoma military, aerospace companies, private and\ncommercial pilots, airport managers, municipal officials, drone pilots, educators,\nflying clubs, and the many users of the Oklahoma Airport System to discuss\nOklahoma\u2019s strong aviation heritage and how the industry continues to solidify\nour state as a worldwide leader in aviation, aerospace, and defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOklahoma Airport Operators Association is proud to stand\nalongside our industry colleagues to recognize the contributions of women in\naviation and particularly the women who play a role in leading our state\u2019s\nairports,\u201d Tulsa International Airport CEO and OAOA President Alexis Higgins\nsaid. \u201cWe celebrate their success and are committed to making aviation and\naerospace careers accessible to young women just beginning to explore their\nfuture in our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fifth annual Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day, held Friday, November 5th at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, was attended by more than 650 people. The sold-out event which featured keynote speaker Astronaut Mary Wallace \u201cWally\u201d Funk was presented by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission (OAC), in partnership with the Oklahoma Airport Operators […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OAC-Women-in-Aviation.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19963,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19936\/revisions\/19963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}