Donatella Ricci has a prestigious background in aviation. She is an experienced, very skilled pilot and flight instructor for ultralight aircrafts, fixed and rotarywing: airplane, helicopter, gyroplane.

With her outreach work, be it at national and international events, conferences, flying courses, Donatella conveys encouragement for everyone, men and women, to follow their passion and discover the benefits of flying.
Her boundless drive and passion for aeronautics, generate motivating, uplifting ambiences on the ground as well as in flight.
For Donatella being the world altitude record holder on gyroplane is about motivation, overcoming one's own limits, hard training, testing and perfectioning equipment and aircraft, knowing that other pilots will benefit from her experience.