Thu, Feb 13, 2003
Whirly Girls International, an international
organization of Licensed Women Helicopter Pilots based in Menlo
Park California, has announced the selection of eight winners of
over $40,000 in flight training scholarships that the organization
provides for advanced helicopter and "add-on" ratings training to
women pilots. The winners of these scholarships come from all over
the world and are selected based on the merits of their training
goals and objectives. Three of the scholarships are funded
directly from the fund while five are the result of generous
donations from American Eurocopter, Bell Helicopter Textron, Flight
Safety International and Robinson Helicopters. This years
winners are:
-
Whirly-Girl Helicopter Training Scholarship -
Julia Brooke Meissner, Piscataway, NJ
- Doris Mullen Scholarship - Amy Fowler, Cordova, TN
- International Whirly-Girl Training Scholarship - Alison
Husain, Bell Canyon, CA
- American Eurocopter Flight Training Scholarship - Rikke
Carmichael, Tarzana, CA
- Flight Safety International Instrument Refresher Course
Scholarship - Rebecca Chambers, Clarksville, TN
- Bell Helicopter Flight Training Scholarship - Lea Weinkauf,
Benson, Arizona
- Robinson Helicopter R22/R44Safety Course Scholarship - Lisa
DiGiovanna, Cypress, CA and Amaryllis Khat, Portland, Or.
The Whirly-Girls International is a non-profit,
educational and charitable organization dedicated to advancing
women in helicopter aviation. Special projects include encouraging
the establishment of Hospital Heliports. Formed in 1955 by Jean
Ross Howard Phelan, today we number nearly 1,300 members from 34
countries. The Whirly-Girls, Inc are dedicated to advancing
professionalism in helicopters, while providing women helicopter
pilots a forum for the exchange of information and
opportunities.
Initiated in 1968 in memory of Doris Mullen (WG #84), a
dedicated and professional pilot who lost her life in a fixed-wing
aircraft accident, the scholarship program has grown from a single
$500 scholarship to several different scholarships valued in excess
of $ 30,000. The Whirly-Girls Scholarship Fund was incorporated in
1974 to oversee and administer the scholarship funds raised by The
Whirly-Girls International and their Auxiliaries, and is a
federally tax exempt 501(c)3 public charity making donations tax
deductible. The scholarship fund is replenished through
donations from members and other helicopter enthusiasts.
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