Female Pilot Completes Pacific Ocean Crossing on Solo Flight for STEM Daytona Beach, Fla. September 15, 2017: Shaesta Waiz has accomplished a historic Pacific Ocean crossing, flying solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Hayward, California, piloting a single-engine aircraft a total of 2119 nautical miles in 14...
We Invite YOU! "Mission Accomplished" Dreams Soar Return Celebration September 28, 2017 Join us to celebrate the return of our founder, president and pilot, Shaesta Waiz, the successful completion of the global flight outreach program and accomplishments of the Dream Team: members, partners, donors, followers and YOU! We have an exciting ceremony planned, and look forward...
Get Ready For The Long Haul! LONGEST FLIGHT LEG AHEAD! We honor and name this special flight leg for Air Service Hawaii - your support is appreciated! Shaesta and her co-pilot, Charlie (the teddy bear), are getting ready for the longest leg of the mission. They will soon be...
Dreams Soar in New Caledonia Nouvelle-Calédonie 1ère recently interviewed Shaesta Waiz during her stop in Noumea! Check out this video and skip to 6:25 for the exclusive feature! Dreams Soar would like to thank Leroy Ludovic, Nadine Le Dily, and Muriel Mainguet of the New Caledonia Civil Aviation Authority for taking such...
Cairns Creates Aviation Inspiration The Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia Organization held an outreach event on behalf of Dreams Soar in Cairns, Australia on August 10. Due to weather delays, Shaesta was unable to attend the event. However, that did not stop the Dreams Soar mission from inspiring...
How Far Have We Come? You asked - We Delivered! Now that we've completed the majority of our international outreach, moving forward we plan to graphically showcase how far we've come on our mission and illustrate the footprint left around the world. Shaesta, to date, has flown...
Dreams Soar in Singapore Shaesta participated in several successful outreach events in Singapore, including addressing a group of over 70 guests at Wings Over Asia. The audience comprised Changkat Changi Secondary School students and children from the STEM group, Girls2Pioneers. They were joined by employees of our STEM Partners, Textron Aviation, Federal Aviation Administration staff...
Grab a tissue, take a seat and get into your zone to watch this empowering video showcasing Dreams Soar's emotional visit to the all girls orphanage in India! She Dared to Dream Check out this interview with Shaesta conducted by Reema Lokesh, editor of the Indian Express...
Check out this powerful news article sharing Shaesta's visit with over 200 schoolgirls in Kabul, Afghanistan organized by the UNDP and Kabul Department of Education. Zainab Ahmadi, one of the girls who attended the event, said, “Shaesta inspires Afghan girls like me to have big dreams for the...
Returning to Afghanistan, From Refugee to First Civilian Female Pilot On July 10, Shaesta flew commercial to Kabul, Afghanistan returning as the first civilian female pilot after having fled the country in 1987 as a refugee. Emotions ran high, concerns of being accepted pierced through her,...