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Flying High: Shaesta Waiz Marks Anniversary of Dream Expedition
It’s been one year since the first certified Afghan-American female civilian pilot completed a solo flight around the world, but her journey is far fr...
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Here are the latest press mentions and media coverage on Dreams Soar and its mission. If you know of something we haven’t posted yet, please email our media office.
04OctShaesta Waiz Christens Wingfoot Three for Goodyear
By Goodyear The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s newest blimp – Wingfoot Three – was christened by Dreams Soar founder Shaesta Waiz, the youngest ...
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12NovShaesta Waiz Promotes STEM at Dubai Airshow
By Samantha Cartaino, AIN Online Pilot and Dreams Soar founder Shaesta Waiz has returned to the Middle East after completing her solo flight around th...
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27OctYoungest Woman to Fly Solo Around the World Inspires Kids, Young Women Everywhere
By Amanda Jenkins, BizJetJobs.com Born in a refugee camp in Afghanistan, Shaesta Waiz came to Richmond, CA with her family at a young age when they fl...
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17OctSoaring Dreams
By Bill Read Fraes, Royal Aeronautical Society This month saw the completion of a new world record, as pilot Shaesta Waiz became the youngest woman to...
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12OctRound-the-World Pilot Shaesta Waiz Inspires Students at NBAA Careers in Business Aviation Day
By NBAA Pilot Shaesta Waiz, who just last week became the youngest woman to complete a solo flight around the world in a single-engine aircraft, welco...
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06OctAfghan refugee completes record-breaking solo round-the-world flight
Afghan refugee completes record-breaking solo round-the-world flight By Jeffrey Cook, ABC News Upon landing in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Wednesday, a...
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19SepWaiz Achieves Her Dream of Promoting STEM Education Through Aviation
By NBAA’s No Plane No Gain After years of planning, Shaesta Waiz has nearly achieved her dream of flying solo around the world promoting STEM (s...
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07SepAn Afghan Aviator’s Hope
Shaesta Waiz wants her round-the-world trip to inspire girls everywhere. By Arielle Emmett, Air & Space Magazine In Kabul this summer, a hundred y...
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15AugFormer Afghan refugee, female pilot landing in Bali on solo flight around the world
Afghan-American pilot Shaesta Waiz is due to land in Bali on Tuesday afternoon, one destination of many during her solo world tour. The 29-year-old, p...
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07AugEx-Afghan refugee lets her dream take wing
Living the American dream is not easy when you are an Afghan. Ms Shaesta Waiz, a refugee from Afghanistan, was told that when she informed her family ...
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02AugFemale Afghan Pilot Circumnavigates The Globe
Hoping to see science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for girls take off? We meet Shaesta Waiz as she flies around the world in an ...
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Female Afghan pilot drops by to motivate students
The New Paper – Singapore: Miss Shaesta Waiz (in photo), 30, travels to promote education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics ...
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01AugBorn in a refugee camp, she’s now flying solo around the world
The first time Shaesta Waiz remembers seeing a plane, she was a child watching the news about an aircraft accident. “I said to my mom, ‘I ...
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31JulEx refugee pilot on solo flight around the world visits Batam
Shaesta Waiz, 29, a refugee-turned pilot who is on a three-month solo flight across the globe, visited Batam, Riau Islands, on Monday where she encour...
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25JulAfghan lady pilot test drives Emirates’ Boeing 777
Shaesta Waiz, who was born in an Afghanistan refugee camp, hogged the limelight when she started her flight in a small single-engine plane from the US...
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24JulThis Pilot On A Record-Breaking Trip Just Took An Emirates Test Drive
The airline says it wants to “grow the next generation of female pilots” as it brings together two inspirational aviators. She’s hoping to inspire wom...
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19JulAfghani American pilot shows sky isn’t the limit
Not only is Shaesta Waiz solo piloting a flight around the world, but she also aims to inspire others to follow in her flight path. As part of Dreams ...
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19JulUS woman bears a message for world on flight around it
MUMBAI: Three decades after Amelia Earhart‘s failed soloflight around the world, Jerrie Mock, an Ohio housewife, became the first woman to circu...
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13JulAfghan-American female pilot to fly solo around the world
Shaesta Waiz, an Afghan-American pilot is trying to fly solo around the world. She wants to encourage young people in Afghanistan to get involved in s...
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