{"id":26403,"date":"2023-08-14T20:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=26403"},"modified":"2023-08-14T20:38:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:38:58","slug":"special-salute-to-oklahoma-women-in-aviation-and-aerospace-set-for-december-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/special-salute-to-oklahoma-women-in-aviation-and-aerospace-set-for-december-8th\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Special Salute to Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace Set for December 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The history of Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day began in 2017 when the Aeronautics Commission<\/a> presented a bill to the Oklahoma legislature, which was enacted into law, to officially recognize the contribution of Oklahoma women in the State’s aviation and aerospace industry, on December 9th, annually. This year will be a special salute to military aviation held on Friday, December 8th at the 137th Special Operations Wing where over 1000+ people are expected to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forum, reserved for Aviation and Aerospace enthusiasts\nand personnel, will provide an amazing opportunity to learn more about Aviation\nand Aerospace to encourage Oklahomans to dream big and find their passion in\nour exciting industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The date marks the birth of the famous Chickasaw aviator,\nPearl Carter Scott, of Marlow, Oklahoma. Scott learned to fly at the age of 13\nunder legendary aviator Wiley Post. She became the youngest pilot in the United\nStates with her first solo flight on September 12, 1929, the same year that\nAmelia Earhart established the female pilot group, the Ninety-Nines, which\nestablished their international headquarters in Oklahoma City at Will Rogers\nWorld Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, women are leading this charge developing strategies\nand formulating plans that will propel us through our current challenges and\nposition our nation – and the world – for a future of opportunities beyond\nearth\u2019s boundaries. Today women are represented in all sectors of our industry\n– from commercial airports to military installations to the growing space\nsector. Women are turning wrenches, engineering avionics, piloting rockets, and\nsome are leading us into this century\u2019s most consequential transportation\ndevelopment \u2013 commercial space flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In honor of the significant impact women have made to\naviation in our State and to our industry, the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace\nand Aeronautics in community partnership with the 137th Special Operations\nWing, the Oklahoma National Guard, Will Rogers World Airport, the Oklahoma Air\nand Space Forces Association, the Oklahoma Defense Industry Association and\nUnited Dynamics Aerospace and Defense will commemorate the state\u2019s seventh\nannual Oklahoma Women in Aviation & Aerospace Day with an in-person\nluncheon at the 137th Special Operations Wing Oklahoma National Guard base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lt. Heather \u201cLucky\u201d Penney, Keynote Speaker. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Attendees will enjoy a keynote address from Lt. Heather \u201cLucky\u201d\nPenney. Most widely recognized for her service on September 11, Penney was part\nof the pioneering first wave of women who entered fighters directly from pilot\ntraining. Lucky was the first and only woman in the 121st Fighter Squadron\nduring her time flying the F-16, conducting combat air patrols over Washington\nDC and deploying to combat twice. Penney is a defense policy expert at the\nMitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Arlington, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Col. Eileen Collins, Oklahoma Aviation and Aerospace Woman of the Year. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Organizers and industry leaders will welcome honored guest\nCol. Eileen Collins, the Oklahoma Aviation and Aerospace Day Woman of the Year,\na former military instructor and test pilot and the first female pilot and\nfirst female commander of a space shuttle. \nCollins is the author of the book released in 2021: Through the Glass\nCeiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space\nMission.          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The history of Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day began in 2017 when the Aeronautics Commission presented a bill to the Oklahoma legislature, which was enacted into law, to officially recognize the contribution of Oklahoma women in the State’s aviation and aerospace industry, on December 9th, annually. This year will be a special salute […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-in-aviation-edit.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26403","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=26403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26409,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26403\/revisions\/26409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}