Genevieve Morris gets a firsthand look at the controls inside a helicopter as Captain Creighkett Gilpin shares her insight into careers in aviation during Girls in Aviation Day at Coeur d'Alene Aviation on Saturday.
September 21, 2025
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September 21, 2025 1:08 a.m.
Dreams take flight at Girls in Aviation Day
Ariel Trulson, committee chair of Women in Aviation International, was better known as "Boom Barbie" on Saturday. The active-duty Air Force boom operator wore a hot-pink Barbie jumpsuit as she shared her career with the next generation of female flyers during Girls in Aviation Day at Coeur d’Alene Aviation. A boom operator, she explained, refuels planes — in midair.