Story ID: 323WhirlyGirlScholarship
Adele Dobler Receives ASU Whirly Girl Scholarship
By: Samantha Cartaino
Caption: The Whirly Girl scholarship provides women with training to further their careers in aviation.
Word Count: 151
Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU, Booth 2000) announced that Canada’s Adele Dobler is this year’s Whirly-Girls scholarship recipient. This scholarship will give Dobler, from Victoria, British Columbia, the opportunity to gain critical training to further her career as a pilot. This is the sixth year that ASU has sponsored a Whirly-Girls scholarship.
  
Dobler, who previously won the Whirly-Girls advanced mountain training course in 2013, has been a civil pilot since 2009. After training on the R22 at Coast Helicopter College, she moved to northern Alberta to work as a thermographer. She then moved back to British Columbia to take a job with HeliJet International. 
  
“Supporting women in the aviation business is something ASU is very passionate about,” stated co-owner and CFO Chris Atwood. “Sponsoring this scholarship provides educational opportunities each year for women in our industry. This is one way ASU liked to invest in the future.”