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GREATEST PERSON
OF THE WEEK
HUFFINGTON
10.14.12
Meeks and
her nieces
at the flight
school in
Medina, Ohio.
SET FOR TAKE-OFF
Meeks says she hopes she is doing
some good for women in aviation
with her organization.
“I really do think that women
completely have the capacity to become pilots, and very good pilots,”
she says. “Look at being a doctor.
It used to be, ‘Oh my God, look a
woman doctor, how insane!’”
Meeks hopes to expand Aviation
Inspiration Day to other airports
around the country. She has also
published a children’s book called
Penelope Pilot, and looks to expand
with a series about women in other
I show them if something
seems overwhelming and you’ll
never be able to figure it out, what
you do is to break it down into
little pieces. That’s the lesson for
everything you want to do in life.”
aviation-related jobs, such as mechanics or air-traffic controllers.
And after 20 years of being a
pilot, Meeks’ passion for her career
has not waned.
“I love it. I just love it,” she
says, a smile in her voice. “To take
off when it’s dark and to climb up
above the clouds and see the sunrise. I mean, it’s a
religious experience.”