text: WOMEN IN AVIATION, INTERNATIONAL announced that a feature of the 2013 International Women in Aviation Conference, scheduled for Nashville on March 14-16, will be a day devoted to girls 10 to 17 years old with a repeat of the successful Take Your Daughter to the Conference Day. The first Daughter Day took place in Dallas at the 2012 Conference, where the daughters, nieces, granddaughters and friends of WAI members participated, along with local Dallas area Girl Scouts who were expressly invited to take part in this one-day program to introduce them to the aviation community. The girls heard speakers, flew PC simulators, had a scavenger hunt, learned to read a sectional chart,
  ate lunch as a group and toured the exhibit hall. EAA President ROD HIGHTOWER was an impetus to launch this program, and he attended the WAI Conference with his own daughters. For the first Daughter Day, more than 140 girls took part. WAI's Education Outreach Committee, comprised of women who have chosen aviation as a career as well as members of the FAA's AvEd team, planned and executed the day. A grant from the UPS Foundation funded much of the day's activities. "It was exciting to see these young girls enthused and involved in aviation topics," said WAI President, DR. PEGGY CHABRIAN. "What's more, we received tremendous positive feedback
  from our members who supported this program and enjoyed interacting with the girls during the day-long program." The second Take Your Daughter to the Conference Day will take place on Saturday, March 16, 2013, when WAI meets at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn., for its 24th annual conference. WAI members will be encouraged to take their girls ages 10 to 17 (whether daughter, granddaughter, friend or neighbor) to the Conference. In addition, Nashville-area Girl Scouts will be invited to participate and earn an aviation patch. For more information, contact Women in Aviation, International at 937-839-4647 or visit www.wai.org. q
  STANDARDAERO announced two key senior executive appointments for the company. TOM ROCHE, formerly StandardAero's vice president, turboprops and fleets, has been selected for the position of vice president, customer support. This is a new, corporate-wide role that will continue to drive the company's excellence in customer support systems, processes and capabilities to place an even greater emphasis on customer service. This new position establishes a dedicated senior leadership role, focusing solely
  on corporate-wide service quality. Prior to Roche's previous role as vice president, turboprops and fleets, he served as vice president of StandardAero's helicopters business unit, a position he held for nearly a decade. ALAIN BERUBE is replacing Roche as vice president and general manager, turboprops and fleets. Berube joined StandardAero in March 2012, in the newly created role of vice president, operations. In that role, he was responsible for the operations, supply chain,
  engineering and quality functions for turboprops and fleets. • In other news... StandardAero announced it has delivered its 6,000th auxiliary power unit since the program's inception in 1995. The milestone took place at StandardAero's Maryville, Tenn., facility and was a Hamilton Sundstrand APS2300, delivered to a commercial customer. For more information, contact StandardAero at 480-373-3153 or visit www.standardaero.com. q