So very excited to receive this Experimental Aviation Association Young Eagle Kit! “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” -Leonardo Davinci Come fly with us soon! ✈️ Stay tuned for more information about anContinue reading “🦅 Young Eagles 🦅”
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Changing tables in Men’s Rooms
With all the attention on female equality lately, we at Milieux realize we all don’t think about the men that support us in these societal changes. The recent news about supporting fathers by adding changing tables to public bathrooms is just in time for Father’s Day. The good news is that states like New York,Continue reading “Changing tables in Men’s Rooms”
“I flew upside down with my mom”
It’s exciting to read about mother pilots who are sharing their passion for flying with their children and how their stories are increasing. From Instagram to the local news- stories keep popping up about women flying with their children. Take for example the mother, Laura Stants, who flew her daughter to OshKosh in 2016. AsContinue reading ““I flew upside down with my mom””
The Nightwitch Bombers-delivering fear in the night
If you haven’t read about Marina Raskova and the NightWitches- you are missing out on some amazing history. Deployed out of need in WWII, the Soviet Union commissioned Maj Raskova to find 400 women to fill out their fighter and night bombing squadrons- including the 588th pictured above. They fit the women into any uniformsContinue reading “The Nightwitch Bombers-delivering fear in the night”
Congress Funds Aviation Scholarships for Youth
The Air Force Times reports on April 2, 2019 “Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and Doug Jones, D-Alabama, this week introduced the Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited Act, which aims to make it easier for all branches of the military to create scholarships for JROTC members to get their private pilot’s licenses.” “Ceiling and Visibility unlimited” or “CAVU”Continue reading “Congress Funds Aviation Scholarships for Youth”
Observations from the New Girl
This week marked a new chapter in my life. Following 21 years of service in the U.S. Air Force, I began my first of what I hope are many trips as a Boeing 747 First Officer with UPS. To say I began with a bit of anxiety would be an understatement. Not about myContinue reading “Observations from the New Girl”
Tammie Jo Shultz And Chelsey Sullenberger
When flight 1380 from New York made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on 17 April 2018, instincts took over for the seasoned captain and she executed all of her emergency procedures as practiced and memorized. She was the Captain of the flight, and even though it was a last minute switch she hadContinue reading “Tammie Jo Shultz And Chelsey Sullenberger”
Claudette Colvin: 15 yr old visionary
Before Rosa Parks, our National hero memorialized by President Obama in 2013, there was another young woman who stood up to authority and refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery Public Bus, 15 yr old Claudette Colvin. On March 9, 1955 (9 months before Rosa Parks) Claudette Colvin and three other young studentsContinue reading “Claudette Colvin: 15 yr old visionary”
Thought for 2018-✨Reach for the Stars✨
Harriet Tubman once said “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world” As we reflect on an amazing beginning in 2017 and look forward to bigger projects and initiatives in 2018, The Milieux ProjectContinue reading “Thought for 2018-✨Reach for the Stars✨”
Why the Milieux Project?
It might not be transparent, so I’d like to write a little on the Milieux Project and our “why”. To be sure, we are still defining it, but we definitely started with a desire to change how our culture thinks about flying and who can do it. But it has become more than this. IContinue reading “Why the Milieux Project?”
Women Pirates – Choosing a Life of Crime
Did you know that there women pirates have existed throughout history? In the 1700 and 1800s, quite a few women were in the criminal seafaring business, including the infamous Anne Bonney and Mary Read. Even though many of them had to dress as men to slip on to the ships, those that were acknowledged asContinue reading “Women Pirates – Choosing a Life of Crime”
Thank you, Veterans.
Thank you. All of you. Women have been serving in support of our nation since before we were even a nation. Our service can be traced back to 1775 during the Revolutionary War and we were finally recognized as Veteran’s in the 1970s. In 1976, women were finally admitted into the U.S. Service AcademiesContinue reading “Thank you, Veterans.”
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