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An Invitation to Meet Manitoba’s First Female
Indigenous Air Ambulance Pilot!
The Regina Flying Club is delighted to host a
presentation by Capt. Robyn Shlachetka on February
4th at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in our hangar at 2610
Airport Road at the Regina Airport. Refreshments will
be pro-vided.

Robyn was born in Thompson, Manitoba and raised
in Wabowden. At age 4 she started flying with her NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
dad in the back of a float plane transporting tourists
Night at the Museum is being held the first two Mondays
in and out of the north. With over 8,000 hours of of every month at Hillman Air. Come out anytime between
flight experience and an Airline Transport Pilot
7:00pm and 9:00pm to get involved. This includes hands-
License, Robyn could easily apply to the major
on museum work and all aviation and history talk is
airlines, but she has elected to stay in the North welcome. Please email us through our Contact Us page for
because she loves her work and enjoys being close to
more information.
her family and community.
Canada and the world are currently experiencing a
critical pilot shortage, and women and First Nations
are greatly underrepresented in aviation. Robyn is
proof that you can achieve your dreams if you work
hard, stay focused and never give up!
Robyn’s “journey to the skies” required her to
overcome many barriers to her dream with
geography, financial aid, cultural and systemic issues
being some. Despite these struggles, Robyn
persevered and attained her goals. Robyn’s father
told her: ''Robyn, if you can’t find a role model, just
become one.” “So that’s what my goal was.”
Robyn’s presentation will be of interest to people
seeking or contemplating a career and who may not
have considered aviation as a possibility. Also the Upcoming Society Events
presentation will be of interest to anyone interested Annual General meeting:
in aviation in general, northern flying, and who is a
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pilot or who wants to become a pilot. It’s also a great
human interest story. And come see the Regina Phoenix Foundation
Flying Club, see our facility and meet our staff!
320 - 19th Street SE
We would greatly appreciate if you would circulate
the attached notice of Robyn’s presentation among Calgary, Alta
people within your organization that may be Click for a map
interested in attending. Thank you for your
assistance, we hope to see many attend and meet
this amazing young woman!
Sincerely,
Doug McNair, President, Regina Flying Club