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High school students celebrate International Girls in Aviation Day

Twenty local high school girls celebrated Saturday with Hawaiian Airlines. The reason for the celebration -- International Girls in Aviation Day. The high schoolers got to see what it's like having a career in aviation by spending the day with aircraft mechanics and pilots. They also checked out the airline's history, toured its hangar, and got an up-close look at the historic aircraft - the Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker. It's the plane that the airline stated with in 1929.