Girls Take Flight

Pre-registration for the free discovery flights will be available on this website a few weeks before the event. Once we know the date that pre-registration will be available, we will announce it here and on Facebook.

The information here pertains to last year's event. As we get closer to the event, we will update this web site with all the cool activities and displays that will be included this year. Organization is under way ...

Are you interested in finding out more about aviation?

Girls Take Flight Aviation and Aerospace Expo

This event is generally held each spring, and this year's event was a huge success, with almost 1,300 people attending, including 200 volunteers and exhibit staff.

Introductory Flight Lesson

If you are interested in finding out more about learning to fly, the Durham Flight Centre offers "Intro Flights". You take your first flight lesson and see first hand what it is like to learn to fly an airplane, for as little as $68. Gift Certificates are available. Click here for details

Sightseeing Flights

Would you like to see interesting scenery from the air? Durham Flight Centre offers sightseeing flights anywhere you would like to go, and back to the airport at Oshawa. Up to three people (within weight limits) can fly together in a Cessna 172. Click here for details

PHOTO GALLERY

Professional photographers take pictures during the event. Each year is a separate album.

If you took photos you would like to add to the gallery, please send them to Jeff@GirlsTakeFlight.ca

Saturday June 11, 2022
10:00am to 3:00pm

Free Aviation and Aerospace Expo CLICK FOR EXHIBITOR LIST

Listen to the announcement on Durham Radio stations:

Everyone Is Welcome!

Admission is free
Aviation activities
- Talk like a pilot, using the phonetic alphabet
- Learn about airport operations and aircraft procedures
Get information about Aviation and Aerospace Careers

Commercial pilot
Air traffic control
Aircraft maintenance and repair
Aerospace engineering
Military aviation
Joining the Air Cadets

Interact with women of aviation, present and future
- Airline Pilots
- General Aviation Pilots
- Aerospace Engineers
- Aviation Mechanics
- Air Traffic Controllers
- Royal Canadian Air Force Officers
- Air Cadets
Get up close and personal with some cool aircraft on static display Click for details
- Porter De Haviland DHC-8 Q400
- Jazz Bombardier CRJ200
- ORNGE AgustaWestland AW139 medical helicopter
- Durham Regional Police Bell JetRanger helicopter
- Antonov An-2 biplane
- Mitsubishi MU-2B twin turboprop
- Pitts S2 aerobatic biplane
- Ultralight trike (weather permitting)
Look at a Fire Truck and talk with Fire Fighters
Browse aviation industry displays and exhibits

Discovery Flights - Registration Required

Take a FREE Discovery Flight in a general aviation aircraft:

Masks will be required inside aircraft
For girls and women, aged 8 and older
Only for those who have never, ever flown in a small aircraft before
Signed liability waiver is required
Must register on-line in advance to fly

Your Hosts

Girls Take Flight Oshawa is an event hosted by the First Canadian Chapter of the Ninety-Nines and Durham Flight Centre to introduce girls and women to aviation.

Volunteers

This event is run entirely by volunteers.
Pilots donate their fuel and aircraft for girls and women who have never been for a flight in a small aircraft.

LOCATION

Durham Flight Centre / Enterprise Airlines
Oshawa Municipal Airport
1190 Keith Ross Drive
Oshawa, Ontario
L1H 7K4

PARKING

There is parking along Keith Ross Drive.
Also, watch for signs indicating parking availability at local businesses.

There is also a large parking lot at the Main Terminal on Airport Blvd.

QUESTIONS ? CLICK HERE