The New England Air Museum hostedt its seventh annual Women Take Flight event November 6th. The program featured extraordinary women who have pioneered new careers for women in aviation and aerospace engineering. Special guests shared their experiences one-on-one with Museum visitors, at presentations, and at panel discussions. Impersonators portrayed famous women aviators from bygone eras. The women presented opportunities they now have working in the aviation and aerospace industries while seeing examples of their work in the Museum’s collection. Nina Anderson was among the aviatrix that were present to inspire the young girls.

Aviatrix included:

 Nina Anderson (Corporate Pilot and Author)
 Anne Baddour (Experimental Research Pilot for MIT Lincoln Laboratory Flight Test Facility 1977-1997)
 Patricia L. Beckman (US Navy Commander Ret. and Flight Officer/Boeing Flight Test Navigator)
 Robin Bray (Corporate Rotary Wing and Fixed Wing Pilot)
 Katherine Knapp Carney (Engineer on Pratt & Whitney Pure Power Engine)
 Wendi B. Carpenter (First woman to become Admiral with the Navy)
 Mary Feik (Mechanic/Engineer/Test Pilot from World War II)
 Patricia Harmon (Pratt & Whitney engineer)
 Candi Howard (FAA Air Traffic Controller)
 Susan Kilrain (Commander USN, Ret. and former NASA Astronaut and veteran of two shuttle missions)
 Melissa Mathiasen (Chief Program Pilot at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation)
 Maggie McAdam (Aerospace Scientist)
 Susan McSpadden (C5 Cargo Pilot for Air Force Reserve at Westover Air Base, Chicopee, MA)
 Marilyn Pearson (FAA Aviation Safety Inspector and Pilot)
 Stacy Sheard (Production Test Pilot at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation)
 Connie Tobias (Harriet Quimby Reenactor and Commercial Airline Captain)