Women In Aviation International Conference 2007
The winter storm that stranded thousands of travelers throughout the Northeast in the middle of February didn’t put a damper on this year’s annual Women in

The winter storm that stranded thousands of travelers throughout the Northeast in the middle of February didn’t put a damper on this year’s annual Women in Aviation International (WAI) conference. In fact, a record 3,200 people attended the event, held February 15 to 17 at the Walt Disney World Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla. Conference organizers say they received just 127 cancellations.

Speakers at the event included Bonnie Dunbar, former astronaut and CEO of the Museum of Flight in Seattle; Virgin Galactic’s Will Whitehorn; USAF Thunderbird pilot Maj. Nicole Malachowski; Jane Middleton, finance director for Rockwell Collins, UK; Capt. Betty Uhrig, chief pilot for Chevron Global Aviation; Lisa Piccione, senior v-p of NBAA; and keynote banquet speaker, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Wendi Carpenter.