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One Manitoba Company Helps Aspiring Pilots Achieve Their Dreams

Having tried several avenues to pursue her dream of ying, she came across LS Airways Flight Academy. With the support of the Southeast Training and Development Program (Community Futures Manitoba) and a er four years of training, Tegart is looking forward to graduating in the fall. “is is a really important milestone for me, as an Indigenous woman working in aviation which has been traditionally a male-dominated industry,” she says. “I’ve worked hard and I want to show my daughter that you can achieve your goals if you just go for it.”

Karesa Tegart has been around airplanes since birth. She has watched them soar high above her and been a passenger countless times during her 30 plus years on the planet. Her father is a pilot. Inspired by his craft and adventures, Tegart has dreamed of becoming a pilot for as long as she can remember, and now that dream is becoming reality.

e training she received at LS Airways Flight Academy will enable her to graduate with a private pilot license and a commercial pilot license, opening the doors to various aviation opportunities within Canada and internationally. While her father is set to retire from ying for a major Canadian airline soon, Tegart is happy to continue her family legacy in the air.

Chief Flight Instructor Noura Gharib is thrilled to witness the development of women who complete the program at LS Airways and who are able to lead ful lling careers in aviation. Originating from Egypt and a pilot herself, Gharib experienced many challenges and injustices along her journey and has made it her mission to ensure a positive

the heart of their pilot training process. LS Airways accepts applications from all over the world and currently has over 40 students (Canadian and international) training to be pilots.

In addition to pilot training LS Airways also o ers an experience for tourists visiting the popular summer destination of Gimli, by way of a 40-minute scenic ight tour along the shoreline.

Gharib looks forward to supporting Tegart and other graduates in their careers and hopes that some will return as instructors. She also hopes that larger companies, such as Perimeter Aviation, and First Nations in Canada, will see the value in supporting Indigenous students looking to pursue aviation as a career, knowing that it will only strengthnendthis country’s economic growth.

For admissions and more information about LS Airways Flight Academy, please visit lsairways ightacademy.ca.