At the VAAC meeting, we reflected on what worked and what we learned from Aviation Day at the State House

Students from Missisquoi Valley Union High School spent their YES Program immersed in The Wonder of Flight, a weeklong aviation experience designed by teacher Richard Barwin in partnership with Habitat for Aviation, EAA Chapter 613, and BETA Technologies.

We were honored to travel to St. Johnsbury to present for UVM’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a vibrant community that brings intellectually rich learning opportunities to Vermonters age 50 and better.

In April 2025, the WOMEN BUILD PLANES team had the chance to take a virtual tour of Genuine Aircraft Hardware with Tamara Nunley. During the visit, Tamara walked us through the world behind aircraft parts: how they are sourced, documented, packaged, tracked, and shipped with the attention to detail aviation requires.

We were honored to be part of the 2nd Annual Franklin County Trades & Apprenticeship Fair, where 54 area employers filled the Missisquoi Valley Union Middle-High School gym and students in grades 7–10 came from schools across the county to explore possible futures.

We were honored to host Casey Raymond for a week at Habitat for Aviation, where she came to apprentice alongside George Coy and deepen the kind of hands-on learning that is still far too rare in many aviation maintenance programs.

Sometimes a young person takes hold of an opportunity and then turns around to create one for someone else.

Habitat for Aviation had the honor of joining the annual Student Summit on Personalized Learning at the UVM Davis Center, where schools and programs from across Vermont gathered to share student work rooted in interests and real-world learning.

We had a wonderful time at the C.P. Smith Elementary School STEM Fair, joining a great group of exhibitors

There are certain young people you meet early on and just know they are going somewhere. Silas Scheckel has always been one of those people.

There are certain people whose calls you always answer. Gene Richards is one of them. He is both an expander and a tremendous champion of Habitat for Aviation.

This fall, a wonderful group of our builders gathered for a three-evening welding course at the Northwest Career & Technical Center with our beloved Louisa—and true to form, sparks flew in all the best ways.

Tech Discovery Day 2025 at Collins Perley, in St. Albans, Vermont, is where middle school students from across Franklin County came together for a full day of hands-on career exploration.

One of our favorite parts of this work is hunting for and bumping into the women who came before us—the ones who built, flew, fixed, painted, and documented airplanes long before anyone was putting “you belong here” on a hangar door.

Our WOMEN BUILD PLANES crew had a fabulous time at the Vermont Works for Women Women Can Do Conference in Randolph.

We recently learned from Sammie’s dad that her classmates have been so impressed by her welding skills that they have started asking her for commissions using the equipment in her dad’s shop.

Habitat for Aviation had the honor of hosting the Women in Aviation Vermont Chapter for our fall potluck gathering.

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Rayan El-Kotob and Kelly Underwood from BETA Technologies to Habitat for Aviation for a special Lunch & Learn, and they were, in every sense of the word, dynamos.

We were proud to help celebrate Adam Alpert as the recipient of the 2025 Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, one of the FAA’s most prestigious honors.

Every once in a while, a book lands in your hands that is just right.