GIRLS AND PERHAPS FUTURE PILOTS
TO FLY HIGH.
>> WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
HERE TODAY ON OUR FLIGHT.
>> IT WAS AN EARLY MORNING IN
SALT LAKE CITY, BUT THERE WASN'T
A RED EYE IN SIGHT.
THESE GIRLS WERE ALL SMILES AND
READY FOR AN EXPERIENCE OF A
LIFETIME, BUT THIS WASN'T JUST
ANY REGULAR FLIGHT.
FROM TSA SECURITY TO THE GATES,
ON THE GROUND, AND HIGH ABOVE IN
THE TOWER.
>> EVEN OUR "TODAY" SHOW CREW,
ALL WOMEN.
>> THE GIRL POWER WAS IN FULL
EFFECT, IT'S ALL PART OF DELTA'S
ANNUAL WINGS FLIGHT, INTRODUCING
THE NEXT GENERATION OF GIRLS TO
CAREERS IN THE TRADITIONALLY
MALE DOMINATED FIELD OF
AVIATION.
>> WE THOUGHT WHAT BETTER WAY
THAN TO PUT THEM ON AN AIRPLANE,
TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE AND
INTRODUCE THEM TO THE WORLD
ITSELF.
>> Reporter: SOME GIRLS HAD
NEVER BEEN ON A PLANE BEFORE.
>> WHO'S NERVOUS?
>> ME.
>> BOTH OF YOU ARE A LITTLE
NERVOUS?
>> OH, MY GOD, I'M GOING.
>> Reporter: AND OTHERS WERE
ALREADY PILOTS IN THE MAKING.
>> YOU JUST GOT YOUR DRIVER'S
LICENSE NOT THAT LONG AGO, AND
YOU'RE ALREADY FLYING PLANES.
>> I FLEW A PLANE BEFORE I GOT
MY LICENSE.
>> Reporter: BUT EVERY ONE OF
THEM WAS EXCITED TO MEET WOMEN
ALREADY LEAVING THEIR CAREER
DREAMS.
>> I MET SOME WOMEN THAT HAVE
ALREADY FLEW AND REALIZED IT WAS
A POSSIBILITY, SOMETHING I COULD
DO TOO.
>> THERE'S AN EXPRESSION, IF YOU
SEE IT, YOU CAN SEE IT.
>> I DON'T THINK ENOUGH OF THEM
GET TO SEE IT, THEREFORE DO IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE
DOING THIS TODAY.
>> Reporter: AS WE PREPARED FOR
TAKEOFF, I GOT IN ON SOME OF THE
FUN.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE SHARING
THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU.
TODAY, YOU ARE ALL FIRST CLASS
FLIERS, AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION
BEFORE WE TAKE OFF TODAY, WHO
RUNS THE WORLD?
GIRLS.
AND WITH THAT, WE WERE OFF, OUR
DESTINATION, HOUSTON.
THESE YOUNG WOMEN WOULD GET A
CHANCE TO TOUR NASA AND LEARN
ABOUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
FLIGHT.
MISSION CONTROL, HERE WE COME.
FIRST WE FLEW THE SKIES, NOW IT
WAS TIME TO SHOOT FOR THE STARS.
WE GOT A PEEK INSIDE MISSION
CONTROL TO SEE WHERE ALL THE
ACTION HAPPENS.
>> EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE TRIED TO
THINK OF EVERYTHING, SOMETHING
ELSE STILL GOES WRONG AND THAT'S
THE FUN PART OF THE JOB, YOU AND
YOUR TEAM GET TOGETHER, AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE
NEED MORE GIRLS.
WHO BETTER TO SHOW THEM THE WAY
THAN ONE OF THE COOLEST GIRLS IN
NASA.
WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUNG GIRLS?
>> THINGS DON'T HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT.
IT'S ALL CONSISTENCY OVER TIME,
AND MAKING SURE YOU DO VERY GOOD
WORK, AND MAKE SURE YOU DO
SOMETHING YOU REALLY LOVE.
>> Reporter: SOME DAY WE'RE
HOPING A WOMAN WILL SET FOOT ON
THE MOON.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: IS THAT SOMEDAY
COMING SOON?
>> HOPEFULLY BY THEN, WE WILL
HAVE A FEMALE CREW ON THE MOON.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THAT?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE AMAZING.
>> Reporter: UNTIL THEN, WE WERE
HAPPY TO TOUCH A PIECE OF THE
MOON.
WE EVEN GOT A CHANCE TO STEP
FOOT ON AN ACTUAL SPACE SHUTTLE.
>> YOU HAVE TO KNOW ALL OF THOSE
BUTTONS.
>> I'M SURE IT TOOK A LOT OF
TIME, WHEN YOU'RE PASSIONATE, IT
MAKES IT EASIER.
>> Reporter: HELPED CREATE
DELTA'S WING FLIGHT FIVE YEARS
AGO, AND SHE WAS MOVED BY HOW
FAR IT HAS COME SINCE THEN.
>> TO SEE THESE GIRLS AND THE
EXPRESSIONS ON THEIR FACES, WHAT
WAS THAT LIKE TODAY?
>> THAT IS THE MOST REWARDING
PART.
YOU SEE THAT GLIMMER IN THEIR
EYES, AND THEY KNOW THERE'S A
POSSIBILITY THEY COULD BE DOING
THIS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THEY
PROBABLY HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF
IN MANY CASES.
>> Reporter: BY THE END OF THE
DAY, IT WAS CLEAR, THE FUTURE OF