Nadia Marcinko told New York City First she began modeling at 16 before she discovered aviation in her 20s after deciding to face her fear of flying. “After a particularly unpleasant flight, I decided to learn about all those strange noises and maneuvers and I took a flying lesson,” she recalled. “I had no intentions of becoming a pilot at the time, but I became fascinated by flying and the sense of freedom that comes with being at the controls. I was 23 when I realized I wanted to work in aviation and got my pilot license.”
On social media, she went by “Gulfstream Girl” and enthusiastically advocated for girls and young women to get into the aviation industry, according to Forbes. She also became a flight instructor and launched an aviation company, Aviloop. The company offers marketing and promotion for the aviation industry. Marcinko later changed her social media handle to “Global Girl” due to a trademark infringement issue, according to Wired. But it wasn’t as a pilot that Marcinko would make headlines following the July 2019 arrest of Jeffrey Epstein on child sex trafficking charges.
