The event, hosted this year by The Lone Star Flight Museum in Texas, is designed to inspire girls ages 10 to 17 to consider careers in the aviation industry.
Recognising that British Women Pilots Association scholarships are one of the ways BWPA achieves its aim of supporting women in aviation, it will be launching an interim 2023 scholarships programme in early September.
Captain Evey Cormican flies Boeing 767 s for a major U.S. airline and is the founder and CEO of VTR. In 2017, she was invited to speak at a TEDx event and tell her story of how she managed to battle family prejudice to soar in the male dominated world of aviation - all while maintaining her sense of humour.
The Birds of Paragon, supported by new title sponsor Piedmont and Paragon Flight Training, will vie for the top spot against 44 teams as they traverse approximately 2,300 nautical miles from Grand Forks, North Dakota, to Homestead, Florida, with eight stops in between.