Girls In Aviation Day Opens Eyes on Caribbean Island
The Caribbean's first Girls in Aviation event served up an introduction to the industry for 30 attendees, as well as some unexpected surprises.
The arrival of a pair of USMC MV-22 Ospreys was an unexpected surprise at the Girls in Aviation event held this morning at Saint Martin's Grand Case Airport. (Photo: Curt Epstein/AIN)
The arrival of a pair of USMC MV-22 Ospreys was an unexpected surprise at the Girls in Aviation event held this morning at Saint Martin's Grand Case Airport. (Photo: Curt Epstein/AIN)

The school girls who attended the Girls in Aviation Day event on St. Maarten on Friday received more than they expected when the event was interrupted by the arrival of a pair of U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys loading troops on a training mission. Coming after the conclusion of the Caribavia conference this week, the Women in Aviation International (WAI)-sponsored event at Grand Case Airport hosted 30 eleven-year-old students split equally between the Dutch and French sides of the island.