WednesdaySeptember 24, 2025

Reaching for the skies: Girls get a look at aviation jobs

Hundreds attend Girls in Aviation Day in Moline
By: Dave Thompson|September 22, 2025
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    • Selina Camargo, a recruiter for Envoy Air, holds a model plane while talking with girls during the Girls in Aviation Day on Saturday, Sept. 20,  at the Quad Cities International Airport in Moline. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    As young girls attended the Girls in Aviation Day celebration on Saturday, Sept. 20, one of the first items they came across was a cardboard frame that was used as a photo prop. The top of the cardboard said: “I am the future of aviation.”

    Many businesses in the aviation field are hoping that is the case.

    Dozens of them were represented at the fifth…

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