Six area youth attend Girls in Aviation Day

The Stanzel Museum group attending Girls in Aviation Day – shown in front of an Apache helicopter – included (from left) Ginger Friemel, grandparent; Vyvynne Friemel and Jade Williams, participants; Maria Camacho, parent; Emmalyn Pekar, Rebecca Camacho and Ella Pekar, participants; Melanie Ramirez, Stanzel Family Foundation program director; Ava Boston, participant; and Cynthia Fogleman, Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum director.

Stepping up to the microphone to ask a question during the professional panel discussion was Ava Boston (foreground second from left). Panelists were Captain Michelle Boeding, B-777 captain, United Airlines; Maria “Ma Jo” Perdomo Cuevas, executive director, Million Air; Sarah “Sassie” Dubbley, CEO and co-founder of Venus Aerospace; and Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, former NASA astronaut and Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University.

panelist Sarah “Sassie” Duggleby (center), cofounder of Venus Aerospace, is shown with Emmalyn Pekar (front left), Ella Pekar (front right), Cynthia Fogleman (back left) and Melanie Ramirez (back right).

Lone Star Flight Museum senior director of education and community outreach Ann Hobing poses with the group. Shown are (front row, from left) Maria Camacho, Vyvynne Friemel, Rebecca Camacho, Emmalyn Pekar, Ella Pekar, Jade Williams, (back row) Ginger Friemel, Hobing, Melanie Ramirez and Ava Boston.

a flight simulator is being experienced by Vyvynne Friemel.

Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Bonnie Dunbar (left) with Ava Boston (right).

At THE Bernoulli Principle demonstration are Jade Williams (left) and Ella Pekar (right).