www.womanthismonth.com November 2018 33 FEATURE | women in aviation It might seem that the role of women in aviation is a recent thing but, in truth, women have been taking to the skies almost as long as men. Just a few months after the first manned flight of the Montgolfier brothers’ hot air balloon, in 1783, French woman Marie Élisabeth Thible became the first female in the basket. Since then, women have shown their determination to take on roles from engineers to maintenance and from air traffic control to pilots chalking up firsts across the board, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries. In recent years, our region has been at the forefront of the development of women’s roles in the aviation sector. In celebration of this, Woman This Month and our parent company Red House Marketing, in association with The Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications and Bahrain International Air Show 2018, are staging the inaugural Women In Aviation Conference. Over the following pages, we tell you what it’s all about and introduce some of our special guests. TAKING TO THE SKIES
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