WAI- Lakenheath/Mildenhall is Here!!!

After a short couple of months organizing, advertising and learning, Women in Aviation- Lakenheath/Mildenhall Chapter is up and running!

We had around 20 people show up at our kickoff event held at RAF Mildenhall, and so far, we are looking at around 18 members! It’s really exciting to know that all of this hard work is paying off! If you’ve read the previous posts about WAI, than you know that I started with three people in mind. So 18 people exceeds my expectations for sure! We’ll be doing more memberships drives and events to recruit members, but 18 to start with is awesome!

So…we have about 10 pilots, a scheduler, an A&P mechanic, a weapons systems controller, three educators, an Air Force Commander and Navigator, and a few others that I’m ashamed to say I can’t remember exactly what they do. 

After our press release came out, we got a story published in the Stars & Stripes Newspaper, and we’ve been approached to speak to eighth-graders in an aerospace class!

I have most of my board members that I needed, and after tomorrow, we should have all of them appointed and ready to start working on this. A webiste is in the making, so watch for that!

Also, we’ve been invited to our first group event- a WWII-style dinner and dance at the Glenn Miller museum here in England! I can’t wait to post pictures of all of our happenings!

Sidenote- class starts Friday! woo-hoo!