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Bringing Music to The Outback

During the late 70’s and early 80’s pilot and music teacher Russell Hammond was a pioneer of airborne outreach, providing an airborne education service as a music teacher. The Priority Country Area Program summarised the scheme as an “innovative and unique response to the difficult problem of providing such a service in remote areas where distances are formidable and in so doing has given the participants a new vision of the quality of life”. Some three decades later, this inspirational statement beautifully encompasses the Sci-Fly STEM Outreach endeavour.

Women Airline Pilots 1978

There is huge support today to help budding female aviators achieve their dreams, including our partners Women In Aviation Australian Chapter Incorporated and their wonderful mentoring scheme, but the gender imbalance is still a significant one. This article from 1978 illustrates some of the challenges, and makes a rather interesting historical read.

Launching a STEM Airborne Outreach Program

The May/June 2017 Edition of Aviation for Women International published an article written by Sci-Fly Industry Coordinator and WAI Australia National President Tam Augostin. Tam talks about our STEM Outreach goals, and involvement at The Avalon International Air Show. With more than 100 guests and VIPs in attendance at the gender diversity event, Avalon provided some wonderful exposure for WAI and Sci-Fly to the aviation industry both nationally and internationally.